the greatest conman for now is probably the man who is trying to capitalize the technology that will replace combustion/electricity technology/vehicles. whoever that is, he/she will be filthy rich, why do you think alien retrieval programs are kept secret, and send you to the psychward?
if this guy managed to sell the gold etc, and bought fuel with that, kept the rest and actually kept his promises, this dude would be at the top of the world
The truly dumb thing is that he could have turned to legitimate business and never been caught. Plenty of successful con artists are completely unknown to the world because their dirty deeds were washed away with good business practices.
this irritates me significantly, not that he managed to legitimately fake it till he made it, but that every step of this process seemed to just be elites trusting elites
that’s how it goes. when you have that level of money and power the most valuable thing you have is your word. most elites / people don’t want to step on toes of their business partners.
So I'm thinking in my head if he had someway to get that tanker of oil to north Korea, then somehow was able to setup mining operations to actually mine all those resources, he could have been the richest man ever starting with absolutely nothing but a lie.
I was thinking that too! After all was said and done. He could have just paid for an oil tanker with the bank's money, gotten another company to do the minning in North Korea and remained a partner in the bank, the football club and the Swiss company that held the mineral rights.
That is not as easy but there are channels to load/off load oil off shore to avoid embargoes but he probably needed more time to set it up. He is just very experienced gambler. Would love to meet him in person and pick his brain a part in an conversation. He clearly knows a few things you can put to use lol
Yeah but that would actually be an actual work. Con men has a psychological condition that they won't be proud if something comes honestly and is only interested in the scamming and convincing part.
It sounds like dude is a psychopath. Has no fear of consequence whatsoever & also no ability for empathy. In some ways it can serve someone well....in.many ways not so much. Fear is a useful emotional response to something that has the likelihood of ruining or straight up ending yr life.
You just saved me eighteen minutes. Here I thought someone was finally about to expose it. A maritime based empire of financial oligarchy headquartered in the City of London with satellites around the world such as Frankfurt, Brussels, Hong Kong and Wall Street, and organized as a system of private Central Banks exercising complete control over the various world currencies via a speculation-friendly floating exchange rate financial-monetary system. What’s your favorite type of whale? Thank you for the time-saver, sir.
@@eftheusempire the IMF and the World Bank and the World Economic Forum are all entities of the financial system. A British Empire, not an American one. How’s that “Special Relationship” between the United Kingdom and her former colonies working out? Through the exercise of that “Special Relationship,” the United States acts as the big, dumb muscular giant to the brains of the British (more accurately Anglo-Dutch) Empire. “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled is convincing the world he didn’t exist. The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled is convincing the world that he is the good guy.”
Someone has to own those places you are so desperate to work at. But you're welcome to throw away your life working for a living while someone else profits from it, they won't mind.
i feel like most of the parts of this story couldve been more detailed, a bank simply “giving” him half their shares based on a promise of wealth doesnt make a whole lot of sense
Your videos are so intriguing; they're literally better than anything I can watch on streaming...and I learn something new everytime! You're quite the polymath!
The one skill that makes a good con man.... the capability to improvise on the spot under pressure... no shot he saw it all coming. But he definitely nailed the improvising bit lol
"unsurprisingly, this reckless spending took it's toll and pretty soon Belgravia group's finances were less healthy than a deep fried double battered chocolate dipped sugar coated Twinkie"
@@PandorasFolly An even better mark is the one the next mark doesn't believe can be conned: "Oh, if First Bank of London says you're good, they probably did their due diligence, and I won't have to."
It's likely that King had help from powerful people along the way. No one gets around security measures like he did, unless he had the right people turning a blind eye, turning the other cheek, and giving him a hand whenever needed. Wouldn't be surprised if he was put up to it by people who attend Davos each year.
14:25 "they even asked him to abuse his power on the FIFA football committee to help them secure an easy group" that's not abuse of power, in the world of FIFA that's standard operating procedure
Same! I've been drinking mine while I imagined someone similar to Belle Delphine bathing in it! Oh well, might as well own it. Sweaty fat man ass crack water tastes the same as hers anyway.
dunno man, at least Ponzi kept the scam going by moving money around by actually getting more people in creating an illusion that there was something going on. This guy DUPED the world basically by silver tonguing promises of money made out of smoke in exchange for very tangible stuff. Imagine you are selling computers, and then some guy fresh out of jail for robbery tells you he'll pay three times the price for them next week if you allow them to take the computers because he's got bad credit and banks won't grant them credit of any kind. Of course you would say no. This guy basically did that at large, and not only you give the equipment away trusting his word, but you also granted him half of your house. This guy could probably pick up any girl at a bar.
I don't consider Ponzi to be a true con artist. His plan was actually sound... It was just the amounts that were off. Technically he wasn't completely bluffing. To put it in cards terms, he had a great hand and a good plan... but he couldn't keep it up.
@@DrBarbequeSauce True enough. My reasoning was merely that the initial idea of the IRCs was actually a legitimate form of arbitrage. So Ponzi's scheme could legitimately make money. It was merely the amounts required that made it insane. Perhaps every good lie has a small bit of truth to it. I think there are better examples like Frank Abignale (stealing millions with check fraud) or Victor Lustig (selling people the Eiffel Tower and conning Al Capone. He's also the one who is credited with the 10 commandments of con artists.)
I don't think it's so much that we're actually dumber, we just don't use our brain as much as we should. Back in the old days, if you couldn't remember that one movie that one guy was in, or you couldn't figure out how a piece of equipment works, you have to just figure that shit out on your own. Now we think for about a third of a second before we just ask our phone.
Hello from Cairns Australia. Love your videos and the Monty python style of humour that comes with them. If we weren't on opposite sides of the planet I'd love to have a beer with you. ✌️🍻
I don't think Frank Abagnale is celebrated just because of his talents as a conman. The guy has been working the other side fighting scammers for decades and has been trying to turn people away from his former career path. He talks constantly about the importance of family-it is obvious he is a completely reformed character in every sense.
Reminds me of all the prostitutes throughout history and ages who have given up sin and discovered God! Suspiciously though, this always happens around the age of 40 when their street value goes down! Even more suspiciously, these ex prostitutes become fervent God followers with disdain for everyone still living in sin (incidentally all of these people are young women with high value)! One could say; 'they become more Catholic than the Pope'!!! With conmen it happens after they get caught and gone to jail
Exposure of scams can put us all at an advantage point. Scammers are becoming more and more meticulous and calculated with every scheme they intend to demonstrate. We know for certain just how many of these scammers are scattered all across the world and they're making sure of the fact that their operations must always stay secret at any cost.
Or if I may, beg to differ? Are the cons really becoming more meticulous and calculated as you say or are they just as they have always been except for the fact that todays world is becoming dumber and more gullible then ever?
I just realized I haven't been getting your videos popping up in my recommendations at all for months..... I'm subscribed and have been for a long time but I haven't watched a video in a long time because of it, I'm subscribed to so many it takes me forever to notice when this happens with one of them.
This would have been possible before the 80s where there was paper forgery and all but to think this was pulled off in the digital era is mind boggling. Any respectable company would do background checks of people in senior positions.
He should have opened up to a real Bahreini oil sheik, tell him the true story and ask him if he could “borrow” an oil tanker in exchange for a percentage of all the gold, coal and iron ore of North Korea. This would actually have been a good deal.
They are supposed to do due diligence. The problem is international politics. It's a hassle and can take years to get the information needed from places like the middle east or North Korea. Even China deals can be different to verify. I know a billion dollar steel importer from China to the US. You have to place your orders two years in advance and the manufacturing company won't even talk to you during some parts of the year. Like they ghost you for months every year just for Chinese new year and other "holidays" . Deals at that level are handshakes and promises that can stretch on for a long time before money starts moving around. I know some of the supply chain for a major hardware store in particular that's still trickle selling nuts and bolts being delivered from a deal that started 10+ years ago. The operation is large enough that the logistics of moving billions of dollars worth of screws to distribute across thousands of stores takes years of planning and 1000s of employees. If a rep from that company offers you a good deal, you might not be able to visit China, inspect the supply chain and verify the offer for months, if ever. And your expected delivery might be 2+ years before the freighter comes. Global supply chains operate on a lot of trust and shady deals with companies in parts of the world that can be difficult to access and verify. But at that scale that's just how things work in some industries. There's a lot of room for "fake it till you make it" and the successful ones can start a sale chain before they even secure a supplier. The downside is if they don't eventually follow through, they either end up in prison for fraud, or assassinated quietly in "an accident" because they crossed the wrong person. And that's all I can say on a public forum.
@@Vincent_Beers Damn.... so much trust and believe? This sounds shaky AF. So basically nobody is really sure what is real and what not and everybody hopes for the best? That's bad. But thanks for the detailled reply.
No, you have "justice" for the middle class who can't afford to bribe and don't have connections with powerful people. Just as an example, Jeffrey Epsteins island. Where are the millionares and billionaires who frequently flew on his private jets to said island? Well i can tell you one thing Mr Justice, they are not in jail. Also i guess it's normal for one of your politicians named Nancy Pelosi to have a net worth of around 120 million. Looks like being a politician in the land of the free pays well. Your politicians are as corrupt as any other.
It won't happen until all potential court proceedings have been resolved, sentences passed, and all possible appeals exhausted. Rule 1 of TH-cam ought to be don't speculate in depth on outstanding legal cases as there's the risk of contempt of court. Reporting from a courtroom on proceedings is generally safe unless a judge orders otherwise. Plus, you don't want the defendant trying to sue you over your musings if nothing as yet has been proven. Equally, you don't want to be the cause of a mis-trial. Merely my thoughts. Others may prove my ramblings to be nonsense. 😊
It's interesting to me to think he could have cut a deal with actual Bahrain royalty for a percentage of his profits in north Korea for the funding, I feel like they would have snapped up the deal, and then he could have paid everyone he promised, sometimes the best conmen are one deal away from being genius businessmen
He isn't the greatest conman who ever lived. The greatest conman, by definition, is unknown. EDIT: By "unknown" I obviously don't mean that he's unknown as a person but the con is still unregognized. Anyone whom everyone knows to be a conman is already a failed one.
Bernie Madoff is one of the greatest. He kept it going for 30 years. It only failed because the economy crashed and his investors wanted to withdraw their funds as they needed them to cover other losses. he didnt have the money so he turned himself in. He was never investigated or suspected beforehand
When talking about conmen in history: Viktor Lustig: Allow me to introduce myself. Uhh you slipped up there Arran, you say Slough the exact same way as the Spiffing Brit, we finally have you.
Frank Abignail is one of the nicest most polite and charming people I’ve ever had the privilege and pleasure to meet. Like, *genuinely* a likable guy you’d just wanna go talk to the whole time. I was a server and he came in on the regular a little over 20 years ago.
Which is probably the reason he was so successful. Good conman are charming, likable that keep you talking. It's also how they gain their information about you.
The only people Frank Abagnale ever conned were the people who believed his autobiography and the movie. He conned people into believing he was a conman which has been completely disproven.
It would be hilarious if there legitimately was some random Nigerian prince who was ACTUALLY trying to get a bunch of gold out of the country, but had never heard of the scam, and couldn't figure out why nobody would believe him
I believe that the greatest conman on earth will never be fully revealed, even after his/her passing away. However, one aspect that surprised me about this guy was his lack of covering traces. He could have easily gotten away with it by concealing his tracks and securing a safe spot from all those shenanigans. But given his preference for "no public displays," I don't think this will be the last time he gets involved in such activities. It seems to be more related to the thrill he experiences rather than solely seeking success.
Frank Abagnale more than paid his dues with 25 years helping the FBI catch crims like himself by teaching them all his secrets. He also did some hard time in prison prior to that gig
Imagine how AMERICANS feel about having a lifelong criminal grifter trying to get back in the White House while grifting money from poor people to pay his lawyers. 😢.
"Conmen are assholes"; this video came on only about twenty minutes after I got a scam call from someone claiming to be Amazon support (I've never shopped Amazon before), and the moment I said, "This is a scam. You are a scammer." the line suddenly went dead. Imagine that! Anyhow, haven't watched the episode, yet, and just wanted to share that. I'm sure this is going to be a banger as per usual, though!
Thought it was NASA. With a budget of nearly 30 billion tax dollars annually, what do they produce other than theories and wonderful movies or CGIs? They waste more of your money in 1 month than you do in a lifetime! It’s heart wrenching knowing these people get paid to “ do mighty things”. One said when asked, “ what’s the mightiest thing you’ve done today?” He replied, “I filled out my time card!” Truth!
@@HalfdeadRider 9to5 untill you are 75-80 and soon dead and no pension becuse the pay was shit all trough life and when you 80 its not fun to travel with all body pain and what not either, they make it as hard as they can for people to earn good money these days, while them selfs have multi million dollar scams and other stuff that not is talken about
@@coffeeunit5217 I've been sick my whole life, I don't have a job or good benefits, and certainly no pension or money for holidays etc. Do I need them, no! But it would be nice to afford nicer things and have the occasional holiday, you don't have to wait to retire to travel. I was just saying you have options, you do what you choose to do.
Google this - Were the FTX charges dropped. I honestly had no idea but your comment made me curious. To save you time - only one charge was dropped and as it stands at present he will face the other charges in a criminal trial in October, with possibly more to follow in another trial next year. 👍
We do not know who the greatest conman who ever lived was, or is, simply because he, or she, has never been caught. They are out there somewhere.
Exactly
@@tiddiesattic They also make sure to keep things small and discreet.
Steven Seagal to play Russell King in the movie?...😊😊
the greatest conman for now is probably the man who is trying to capitalize the technology that will replace combustion/electricity technology/vehicles. whoever that is, he/she will be filthy rich, why do you think alien retrieval programs are kept secret, and send you to the psychward?
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if this guy managed to sell the gold etc, and bought fuel with that, kept the rest and actually kept his promises, this dude would be at the top of the world
too big, samples of the ore % per meter would have been enough to actually secure the oil
Politicians are the ultimate conmen
At least they actually TRY to fulfill their promises. Even if it doesn’t work
@@m3tamorphosissystem250 Not all of them.
@@m3tamorphosissystem250cough cough
81 million votes 😂😂 sure
@allen4758 those votes were to get rid of someone not to bring someone in 🤡🤡
The truly dumb thing is that he could have turned to legitimate business and never been caught. Plenty of successful con artists are completely unknown to the world because their dirty deeds were washed away with good business practices.
@@notfiveo It's actually something of a prerequisite.
@@notfiveo And they still can't vote 🤯🤦🤣
@@notfiveo talking about biden of course
"Good business practices" that are every bit as dirty as the deeds that got them their seed capital heh
@@notfiveo The President is just a scapegoat/puppet
this irritates me significantly, not that he managed to legitimately fake it till he made it, but that every step of this process seemed to just be elites trusting elites
that’s how it goes. when you have that level of money and power the most valuable thing you have is your word. most elites / people don’t want to step on toes of their business partners.
You think he would’ve made some actual money in the process.
So I'm thinking in my head if he had someway to get that tanker of oil to north Korea, then somehow was able to setup mining operations to actually mine all those resources, he could have been the richest man ever starting with absolutely nothing but a lie.
I'm in the wrong business lol
I was thinking that too! After all was said and done. He could have just paid for an oil tanker with the bank's money, gotten another company to do the minning in North Korea and remained a partner in the bank, the football club and the Swiss company that held the mineral rights.
That is not as easy but there are channels to load/off load oil off shore to avoid embargoes but he probably needed more time to set it up. He is just very experienced gambler. Would love to meet him in person and pick his brain a part in an conversation. He clearly knows a few things you can put to use lol
Yeah but that would actually be an actual work. Con men has a psychological condition that they won't be proud if something comes honestly and is only interested in the scamming and convincing part.
@@qa1e2r490000000000000000000
You’ve always been one of my favorite TH-camrs. Never stop your momentum, dude.
You know Thoughty2 is an AI bot, right?
It's only going to keep getting better
It sounds like dude is a psychopath. Has no fear of consequence whatsoever & also no ability for empathy. In some ways it can serve someone well....in.many ways not so much.
Fear is a useful emotional response to something that has the likelihood of ruining or straight up ending yr life.
@@jackiec498😂 everyone else here talking about thoughty2, no% russelking
@@jackiec498what are you on about?
@jackiec498 Go home Jackie, you're drunk!
i am from bahrain and ive been watching your channel for years! this is the first time i hear about this scammer!! im glad he got caught
But was he thou?
Wait until you find out what the reserve banks are doing 😂
You just saved me eighteen minutes. Here I thought someone was finally about to expose it. A maritime based empire of financial oligarchy headquartered in the City of London with satellites around the world such as Frankfurt, Brussels, Hong Kong and Wall Street, and organized as a system of private Central Banks exercising complete control over the various world currencies via a speculation-friendly floating exchange rate financial-monetary system.
What’s your favorite type of whale?
Thank you for the time-saver, sir.
Wait til you find out what the International Monetary Fund is doing
@@eftheusempire the IMF and the World Bank and the World Economic Forum are all entities of the financial system. A British Empire, not an American one. How’s that “Special Relationship” between the United Kingdom and her former colonies working out? Through the exercise of that “Special Relationship,” the United States acts as the big, dumb muscular giant to the brains of the British (more accurately Anglo-Dutch) Empire.
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled is convincing the world he didn’t exist. The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled is convincing the world that he is the good guy.”
@@eftheusempire Well, or you could just tell us.
I'm still waiting
This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy.-Alice Walker
Plus too much free time on their hands - why don't they go out and get a real job - it's called working for a living !
@@jamesbarbour8400There is a difference in working for living and exploitation...
Someone has to own those places you are so desperate to work at. But you're welcome to throw away your life working for a living while someone else profits from it, they won't mind.
@@Vincent_Beers Dumbest logic ever.
@@Vincent_Beers There are rich people who do manage what they own well and everyone involved benefits. The problem is the ones who abuse their power.
i feel like most of the parts of this story couldve been more detailed, a bank simply “giving” him half their shares based on a promise of wealth doesnt make a whole lot of sense
Never underestimate the other guys greed. Scarface
Have you ever seen " the big short?"
"The scam was about as sophisticated as Nicki Minaj's lyrics" 💀
Is it Leicester charging Manchester United £80 million for Harry Maguire??
It was definitely a scam. They charged far too little for the GOAT.
😂😂 you don't say
@@OnMyLunchBreak07 Nah, Messi plays for Miami
Is it that leicester is pronounced lester? English city names are the worst
Yeah United got the GOAT for way too cheap 💀
Your videos are so intriguing; they're literally better than anything I can watch on streaming...and I learn something new everytime! You're quite the polymath!
The one skill that makes a good con man.... the capability to improvise on the spot under pressure... no shot he saw it all coming. But he definitely nailed the improvising bit lol
"unsurprisingly, this reckless spending took it's toll and pretty soon Belgravia group's finances were less healthy than a deep fried double battered chocolate dipped sugar coated Twinkie"
Hey, I watched the video. Why is just quoting the video worthy as a comment? (Hint: It's not!)
@@Chris-hx3om when he said "deep fried double battered chocolate dipped suger coated Twinkie" I thought it was pretty funny
@@doprdopr Yes, so did I, but I don't need some twat in the comments repeating it.
@@doprdopr It is
Note to self: When perpetrating a crime do not call yourself Lord Voldemort.
I'll never understand with this and similar incidents how so many supposedly professional and sophisticated individuals utterly fail to do proper DD.
Conman once told me "The best mark isn't one you can con. The best mark is one you can con and who is convinced they can never be conned. Like Cops."
@@PandorasFolly An even better mark is the one the next mark doesn't believe can be conned: "Oh, if First Bank of London says you're good, they probably did their due diligence, and I won't have to."
@@Smo1k hell yeah brother
It's likely that King had help from powerful people along the way. No one gets around security measures like he did, unless he had the right people turning a blind eye, turning the other cheek, and giving him a hand whenever needed. Wouldn't be surprised if he was put up to it by people who attend Davos each year.
The "being bad is bad, but being really good at being bad is good" is the chemistry behind what makes things cool.
He must have been a hypnotist, because with the way he looked, I wouldn't have trusted him with my sandwich
What I am fascinated most by, is how many more of such schemes go unnoticed and maybe become success stories. You may be undergoing a scam rn.
Yeah, and that scam is called "capitalism" heh
Elon musk tesla
@@joachimengelhart1891how??? Why???😅😅😅😅😅
Crypto is the current mainstream scam
It's safe to say that 2023 is a scam 😂😂
And 2022
And the rest🤣🤣🤣
2024 as well, shall see for the future, maybe 2026...or not..idk lol.
The legend has it that this man died of an explosion due to eating a thin mint wafer.
14:25 "they even asked him to abuse his power on the FIFA football committee to help them secure an easy group" that's not abuse of power, in the world of FIFA that's standard operating procedure
It just goes to show how gullible people can be when greed is involved
Man I HATE getting scammed on my weekly bath water subscription
Same! I've been drinking mine while I imagined someone similar to Belle Delphine bathing in it! Oh well, might as well own it. Sweaty fat man ass crack water tastes the same as hers anyway.
ok
Missed the opportunity to wear suspenders and film in a 10 million dollar recording studio.🙂
Thoughtyzilla 🙃
How did he get a 10 million dollar studio
I still don't believe him to be "The greatest conman ever" because of a man who's name became a synonym of the mere concept; Charles Ponzi
dunno man, at least Ponzi kept the scam going by moving money around by actually getting more people in creating an illusion that there was something going on. This guy DUPED the world basically by silver tonguing promises of money made out of smoke in exchange for very tangible stuff. Imagine you are selling computers, and then some guy fresh out of jail for robbery tells you he'll pay three times the price for them next week if you allow them to take the computers because he's got bad credit and banks won't grant them credit of any kind. Of course you would say no. This guy basically did that at large, and not only you give the equipment away trusting his word, but you also granted him half of your house. This guy could probably pick up any girl at a bar.
And that guy who sold an island to suckers only to find it inhospitable
I don't consider Ponzi to be a true con artist. His plan was actually sound... It was just the amounts that were off. Technically he wasn't completely bluffing. To put it in cards terms, he had a great hand and a good plan... but he couldn't keep it up.
@@jacobmcdorman5552 So he was a smarter conman, he still conned people out of their money
@@DrBarbequeSauce True enough.
My reasoning was merely that the initial idea of the IRCs was actually a legitimate form of arbitrage. So Ponzi's scheme could legitimately make money. It was merely the amounts required that made it insane.
Perhaps every good lie has a small bit of truth to it.
I think there are better examples like Frank Abignale (stealing millions with check fraud) or Victor Lustig (selling people the Eiffel Tower and conning Al Capone. He's also the one who is credited with the 10 commandments of con artists.)
Man I HATE getting scammed on my weekly bath water subscription. Wait until you find out what the reserve banks are doing .
Smart Phones ironically making people dumber.
-smart phone user
I don't think it's so much that we're actually dumber, we just don't use our brain as much as we should. Back in the old days, if you couldn't remember that one movie that one guy was in, or you couldn't figure out how a piece of equipment works, you have to just figure that shit out on your own. Now we think for about a third of a second before we just ask our phone.
-Posted from my iPhone
@@EGRJ Android user*
Hello from Cairns Australia.
Love your videos and the Monty python style of humour that comes with them. If we weren't on opposite sides of the planet I'd love to have a beer with you. ✌️🍻
I think he just wanted to see how much he could get away with 😂
I don't think Frank Abagnale is celebrated just because of his talents as a conman. The guy has been working the other side fighting scammers for decades and has been trying to turn people away from his former career path. He talks constantly about the importance of family-it is obvious he is a completely reformed character in every sense.
I am not saying he is or isn't but its exactly what a scammer would do I reckon.
Reminds me of all the prostitutes throughout history and ages who have given up sin and discovered God! Suspiciously though, this always happens around the age of 40 when their street value goes down! Even more suspiciously, these ex prostitutes become fervent God followers with disdain for everyone still living in sin (incidentally all of these people are young women with high value)! One could say; 'they become more Catholic than the Pope'!!!
With conmen it happens after they get caught and gone to jail
He's obviously very clever and realized it's time to play a different game.
Exposure of scams can put us all at an advantage point. Scammers are becoming more and more meticulous and calculated with every scheme they intend to demonstrate. We know for certain just how many of these scammers are scattered all across the world and they're making sure of the fact that their operations must always stay secret at any cost.
Or if I may, beg to differ? Are the cons really becoming more meticulous and calculated as you say or are they just as they have always been except for the fact that todays world is becoming dumber and more gullible then ever?
I raise you Gregor MacGregor, the man who invented and sold the country of Poyais.
Conor McGregor? 😂
The fact that he only got 6 years for his crimes is the biggest con of all.
he served only 3 and that too durin covid
I just realized I haven't been getting your videos popping up in my recommendations at all for months..... I'm subscribed and have been for a long time but I haven't watched a video in a long time because of it, I'm subscribed to so many it takes me forever to notice when this happens with one of them.
Another great video Thoughty! Thanks for all the hard work and educational entertainment!
This would have been possible before the 80s where there was paper forgery and all but to think this was pulled off in the digital era is mind boggling. Any respectable company would do background checks of people in senior positions.
And I thought this video was about John Kerry, Klaus Schwab and co. Thoroughly enjoyable.
I thought it was about Al Gore.
Thought it would be about the C virus & lock down.
@@HzFvr Thought it was about Volodymyr Zelenskyy
@@rvdzst Ahh - missed that bugger out.
I thought it was about Joe Biden.
'Conmen, as I'm sure you've noticed, are arseholes'!!! Brilliant! Thumbs up after 8 seconds, well done Thoughty2.
Would be great to see Leonardo putting all those kilograms just to depict Russell... accordingly to “the method acting” way. 😂😂😂
More confidence than Donald Trumps eyebrows 😆 🤣 😂
He should have opened up to a real Bahreini oil sheik, tell him the true story and ask him if he could “borrow” an oil tanker in exchange for a percentage of all the gold, coal and iron ore of North Korea. This would actually have been a good deal.
If this isn't about the 2020 US Presidential Selection, I'm turning it off.
Always wondered how those stories work and how NOBODY proof checks those claims. Shouldn't it be more obvious?
They are supposed to do due diligence. The problem is international politics. It's a hassle and can take years to get the information needed from places like the middle east or North Korea.
Even China deals can be different to verify. I know a billion dollar steel importer from China to the US. You have to place your orders two years in advance and the manufacturing company won't even talk to you during some parts of the year. Like they ghost you for months every year just for Chinese new year and other "holidays" . Deals at that level are handshakes and promises that can stretch on for a long time before money starts moving around.
I know some of the supply chain for a major hardware store in particular that's still trickle selling nuts and bolts being delivered from a deal that started 10+ years ago. The operation is large enough that the logistics of moving billions of dollars worth of screws to distribute across thousands of stores takes years of planning and 1000s of employees.
If a rep from that company offers you a good deal, you might not be able to visit China, inspect the supply chain and verify the offer for months, if ever. And your expected delivery might be 2+ years before the freighter comes.
Global supply chains operate on a lot of trust and shady deals with companies in parts of the world that can be difficult to access and verify.
But at that scale that's just how things work in some industries. There's a lot of room for "fake it till you make it" and the successful ones can start a sale chain before they even secure a supplier. The downside is if they don't eventually follow through, they either end up in prison for fraud, or assassinated quietly in "an accident" because they crossed the wrong person.
And that's all I can say on a public forum.
@@Vincent_Beers Damn.... so much trust and believe? This sounds shaky AF. So basically nobody is really sure what is real and what not and everybody hopes for the best?
That's bad.
But thanks for the detailled reply.
Blinded by the gold
"Heeeeey Thoughty Two here"
-Always enjoy hearing that 😂
Your channel is pure gold🤘🤘
Oh hey, I am from Jersey! Thank you for involving our small island :)
How many takes did you do to perfect "Deep fried double butter chocolate dip sugar coated twinkie"? 😁
Does it come with... sprinkles?
@@davidanderson_surrey_bcyes... AND caramel dip!
Thought your name was 42 until today when you said it and caught a glimpse of your channel name. Been watching you for a long time haha
Love the informational videos, keep it up!
What county’s court only gave him 6 years????
In America, we have something called JUSTICE. He would have been behind bars for decades, if not life.
“Heyyy, 42 here”
You're funny. No one significant was jailed after the 2008 banking meltdown
No, you have "justice" for the middle class who can't afford to bribe and don't have connections with powerful people.
Just as an example, Jeffrey Epsteins island. Where are the millionares and billionaires who frequently flew on his private jets to said island? Well i can tell you one thing Mr Justice, they are not in jail. Also i guess it's normal for one of your politicians named Nancy Pelosi to have a net worth of around 120 million.
Looks like being a politician in the land of the free pays well.
Your politicians are as corrupt as any other.
@@BillyBasdguess Danny was only talking street level
Depends what tier of justice you fall under ? If your on the one tier your crimes will covered up and on the other side crimes made up against you
I would like a complete story on Sam Bankman Fried, just to see if TH-cam would censor it.
It won't happen until all potential court proceedings have been resolved, sentences passed, and all possible appeals exhausted. Rule 1 of TH-cam ought to be don't speculate in depth on outstanding legal cases as there's the risk of contempt of court. Reporting from a courtroom on proceedings is generally safe unless a judge orders otherwise. Plus, you don't want the defendant trying to sue you over your musings if nothing as yet has been proven. Equally, you don't want to be the cause of a mis-trial.
Merely my thoughts. Others may prove my ramblings to be nonsense. 😊
I guess the news of the charges being dropped hasn't gotten around yet? Lol
@1216jimmyz Please provide evidence because as far as I can see, he's still facing extradition to the USA to face various charges.
@@markstott6689 try Google, it was announced just in the last few days
Deek thinks you should be proud of all the potions you brewed.
“Heyyy, 42 here”
It's interesting to me to think he could have cut a deal with actual Bahrain royalty for a percentage of his profits in north Korea for the funding, I feel like they would have snapped up the deal, and then he could have paid everyone he promised, sometimes the best conmen are one deal away from being genius businessmen
Honestly, considering that he actually had the mining rights, that probably would've worked.
That took me out completely “ they’re like Mark Zuckerberg emotions, the nonexistent (they don’t exist) 💀💀💀💀🤣💯🤯🤯🤯
Who does your artwork? It's fantastic!
Man I HATE getting scammed on my weekly bath water subscription. Politicians are the ultimate conmen.
He isn't the greatest conman who ever lived. The greatest conman, by definition, is unknown.
EDIT: By "unknown" I obviously don't mean that he's unknown as a person but the con is still unregognized.
Anyone whom everyone knows to be a conman is already a failed one.
or
it is known
it is the vatican nation
the catholic church
the islamic church
Bernie Madoff is one of the greatest. He kept it going for 30 years. It only failed because the economy crashed and his investors wanted to withdraw their funds as they needed them to cover other losses. he didnt have the money so he turned himself in. He was never investigated or suspected beforehand
When talking about conmen in history: Viktor Lustig: Allow me to introduce myself.
Uhh you slipped up there Arran, you say Slough the exact same way as the Spiffing Brit, we finally have you.
Aaron, i love your story telling. You are truly a genius.
7:19 King Con should 100% be the title of the movie bout this
Frank Abignail is one of the nicest most polite and charming people I’ve ever had the privilege and pleasure to meet. Like, *genuinely* a likable guy you’d just wanna go talk to the whole time.
I was a server and he came in on the regular a little over 20 years ago.
Which is probably the reason he was so successful. Good conman are charming, likable that keep you talking. It's also how they gain their information about you.
That picture of Sol Campbell with the jersey is absolutley priceless! Ha! Ha!
"More confidence than Donald Trumps eyebrows"... 😂😂😂
1:53 Volde....you know who!! on list got me😅😅
The only people Frank Abagnale ever conned were the people who believed his autobiography and the movie. He conned people into believing he was a conman which has been completely disproven.
that was an astounding revelation when I discovered it! He was though a minor crook all his life!
Where can i find this? I am very interested
@@carlosbranca8080 There is a podcast called pretend that covers it. I'm surprised nobody on TH-cam has covered this.
I love how the King character is much thinner than in real life. 😂
It amazes me that someone the had such a bad impact on so many people got so little time.
How did a weasel (not to disparage weasels) who's fresh out of prison for fraud, open a financial services business 🤔😠🤣
Yea where did he get his start up money?
Because people can be rehabilitated, of course, so we should all trust them to do the right thing once they've served their time. /s
It would be hilarious if there legitimately was some random Nigerian prince who was ACTUALLY trying to get a bunch of gold out of the country, but had never heard of the scam, and couldn't figure out why nobody would believe him
Actually, that's me!
Please send me a million pounds... and I'll send you a billion bars of gold.
I believe that the greatest conman on earth will never be fully revealed, even after his/her passing away. However, one aspect that surprised me about this guy was his lack of covering traces. He could have easily gotten away with it by concealing his tracks and securing a safe spot from all those shenanigans. But given his preference for "no public displays," I don't think this will be the last time he gets involved in such activities. It seems to be more related to the thrill he experiences rather than solely seeking success.
Are you aware of the identity of this greatest conman?
The greatest conmen are the ones we still haven't caught.
Man that'd be a dream crossover. Coffeezilla and Thoughty2.
Frank Abagnale more than paid his dues with 25 years helping the FBI catch crims like himself by teaching them all his secrets. He also did some hard time in prison prior to that gig
Absurd to think that conmen are celebrities (at least on my eyes). Anyone who scams others is a piece of s*** to me.
Yet Elon is the richest person in the world and Trump became president.
Imagine how AMERICANS feel about having a lifelong criminal grifter trying to get back in the White House while grifting money from poor people to pay his lawyers. 😢.
🤬🤯🤬
I have a similar story of a small fry Maldivian conman ;) Same, ballsy chancer. Winging it - and letting others pick up the bill…
"Conmen are assholes"; this video came on only about twenty minutes after I got a scam call from someone claiming to be Amazon support (I've never shopped Amazon before), and the moment I said, "This is a scam. You are a scammer." the line suddenly went dead. Imagine that!
Anyhow, haven't watched the episode, yet, and just wanted to share that. I'm sure this is going to be a banger as per usual, though!
Thought it was NASA. With a budget of nearly 30 billion tax dollars annually, what do they produce other than theories and wonderful movies or CGIs? They waste more of your money in 1 month than you do in a lifetime! It’s heart wrenching knowing these people get paid to “ do mighty things”. One said when asked, “ what’s the mightiest thing you’ve done today?” He replied, “I filled out my time card!” Truth!
Satellites, rockets and telescopes are expensive. They do a lot more than just space as well.
Selling bathwater is the universal method for fast money making.
I'll sell you mine!😂
Thats really sad 😅
I sell my farts in a jar, and say it's Rosie O'Donnell's armpit fumes.
I've been saving my hotdog water
This is why clones exist
You'd think conning half the shares of a bank would be the final point in a plan instead of the first. I'm still confused how that even worked.
Raul Sanllehi signing Nicolas Pepe for Arsenal is the biggest ever scam to me! 🙃
Who cares, men shouldn't watch or play soccer, its for females.
There was also "Count" Victor Lustig, who sold the Eiffel Tower for scrap metal twice.
i thought the biggest scam ever made was 9 to 5 and tax pay
It's not a con, just a fact of modern life. You don't have to do it, if you don't want material things or have holidays, free healthcare etc!
@@HalfdeadRider 9to5 untill you are 75-80 and soon dead and no pension becuse the pay was shit all trough life and when you 80 its not fun to travel with all body pain and what not either, they make it as hard as they can for people to earn good money these days, while them selfs have multi million dollar scams and other stuff that not is talken about
@@HalfdeadRider That's the least convincing argument i've ever seen to work a 9 to 5 and pay taxes.
@@leefswgoh7558 It may not have convinced you, but it's true.
@@coffeeunit5217 I've been sick my whole life, I don't have a job or good benefits, and certainly no pension or money for holidays etc. Do I need them, no! But it would be nice to afford nicer things and have the occasional holiday, you don't have to wait to retire to travel. I was just saying you have options, you do what you choose to do.
Fascinating story!
You are looking really good Mr. Thoughty 2! 🥵
idk man, the most outrageous scam to me gotta be the fact that i gotta pay to live
Taxes
Fantastic video today as well 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. Though background music kinda loud.
iF YOU DARE, tell the FTX story. Seeing how all charges have now been dropped, seems like this scam actually worked without any consequences.
Google this - Were the FTX charges dropped.
I honestly had no idea but your comment made me curious. To save you time - only one charge was dropped and as it stands at present he will face the other charges in a criminal trial in October, with possibly more to follow in another trial next year. 👍
@@kasahadragon9499 SBF funneled billions to top Dems. (and a few RINOs) The Dem DOJ will investigate for years and will NOT indict any elites.
Russell King is my parents best friends nephew 😆 Yes they don't speak to him anymore.
GREATEST CONS:
#1 - Organized Religion
#2 - Politicians (a very close 2nd)
I really respect his drive. Like, he wouldn't stop.
Steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and they make you a king.~Bob Dylan
"He did great things... terrible, yes...... But great". The Voldemort nickname is very well deserved 😂
Conmen have a right place in the gulag
Good late evening 🌆 and hi 👋 from Ohio 🌄.
I thought it was going to be the Covid vaccine
1:48 I love how Voldemort is just there