Download or read book The World s Greatest Crooks Conmen written by Nigel Blundell and published by Bounty Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like it or not, the rascals and rogues of this world are generally more interesting characters than the good guys. Their names and escapades are better remembered than those of the heroes. In this volume you will find a remarkable array of men and women, including the politician who faked his own death, the clerk who 'invested' £32 million of his banks money adn the train robber who became a legend in his own lifetime.
Download or read book The Worlds s Greatest Crooks and Conmen written by Nigel Blundell and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1984 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World s Greatest Crooks and Conmen written by Nigel BLUNDELL and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World s Greatest Crooks and Con Men written by Nigel Blundell and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1991-03-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the many individuals who succeeded even as they were lying through their teeth, recounting the stories of an art forger who fooled the experts, a surgeon with no medical training, and many others
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Download or read book Roger Cook s Greatest Conmen written by Roger Cook and published by Blake Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roger Cook and Tim Tate have spent a lifetime exposing crooks and conmen across the world. In this book they tell the extraordinary stories of the men and women who have invented the most extravagant scams of all time.
Download or read book The Sting written by Nigel Blundell and published by Blake Publishing. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crooks, conmen, fakers, forgers, rascals, rogues, vagabonds and villains -his book is a cornucopia of crime. Throughout history, we have been connednd bamboozled by the most intricate scams and imaginative scoundrels thathe criminal world has to offer. This book offers a look at these shadyharacters - from 19th century art forgers to 21st century conmen such aseter Foster.;The text details how they pulled off their scams and whatotivates them to do what they do. Beware - after reading this you may neverrust anyone again.
Download or read book Crafty Crooks Conmen written by Nigel Blundell and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Clifford Irving and his Howard Hughes hoax to the great imposter Frank “Catch Me if You Can” Abagnale—a fascinating history of the art of the con. They’re shrewd, cunning, devious—and charmingly trustworthy. While the criminal exploits of these tricksters, frauds, and swindlers can’t be condoned, it’s near-impossible not to be awed by their audacity and ingenuity. Take Victor Lustig, the “Bouncing Czech” who sold the Eiffel Tower—twice; John Stonehouse, a philandering politician who faked his own death to escape his sins; the impotence cure of the bizarre Dr. John Brinkley who transplanted goat testicles on gullible men; embarrassingly successful Goldman Sachs embezzler Joyti De-Laurey; or Robert Hendy-Freegard, a car salesman and serial seducer who convinced scores of women he was an MI5 agent. Here, too, are the exploits of a “friend of the stars” who infiltrated a royal castle; a fake Scots “laird” who operated from the heart of Scotland Yard; evangelists who fell from grace; and other pilferers, parasites, artful dodgers, charming bastards, femme fatales, big fat liars, and grand masters of dishonorable mention.
Download or read book World s Greatest Crooks Crime and Corruption written by Octopus Publishing Group and published by Bounty Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crafty Crooks and Conmen written by Nigel Blundell and published by Pen & Sword. This book was released on 2009 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They're crafty and cunning - every one of them a conman who would relieve you of your hard-earned cash without a qualm. And yet what sets apart the crooks who fill the pages of this book is the manner of their crimes. It is not so much what they do but the style in which they do it that makes them memorable.
Download or read book The Con Men written by Leo Gough and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial fraud, whether large or small is a persistent feature of the financial markets. If you scratch the surface of the investment world you’ll find a continuous stream of major financial scandals which are almost unbelievable in the sheer scale of their subterfuge. The Con Men shines a spotlight on some of these gargantuan frauds from the last 25 years. It questions how these men did it, why they did it, how there were able to get away with it, proposes strategies and tactics so that the reader can avoid being swindled. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.
Download or read book The World s Most Notorious Crooks written by Matt Doeden and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes 10 of the world's most notorious crooks in a countdown format"--Provided by publisher.
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Download or read book Rogues written by Patrick Radden Keefe and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing—and one of the most decorated journalists of our time—twelve enthralling true stories of skulduggery and intrigue "An excellent collection of Keefe's detective work, and a fine introduction to his illuminating writing." —NPR “Fast-paced...Keefe is a virtuoso storyteller." —The Washington Post Patrick Radden Keefe has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award to the Orwell Prize to the National Book Critics Circle Award for his meticulously-reported, hypnotically-engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from The New Yorker. As Keefe says in his preface “They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.” Keefe brilliantly explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist, spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain, chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black market arms merchant, and profiles a passionate death penalty attorney who represents the “worst of the worst,” among other bravura works of literary journalism. The appearance of his byline in The New Yorker is always an event, and collected here for the first time readers can see his work forms an always enthralling but deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up against them.
Download or read book Ten Greatest Conmen written by Roger Cook and published by Blake Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the very first recorded con—the Elizabethan-era "Spanish Prisoner Scam"—to today’s hi-tech online swindles, grifters have become ever-more inventive in their scope, scale, and ambition.nbsp;This enthralling collection surveys the men and women who invented the most extraordinary scams of all time. Their stories are remarkable, including the tale of Gregor McGregor, the man who invented a fictional South American country, raised international loans on its behalf, and sold much of its nonexistent land to would-be settlers in the 1820s. Also included are the tales of Eric Hebborn, the master forger who conned the art world into buying thousands of his fakes; Arthur Ferguson, who sold Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, and the White House to gullible American investors; and Frank Abagnale Jr., the real-lifeCatch Me If You Canconman who successfully impersonated a pilot, a teacher, a lawyer, and a pediatrician while swindling $5 million across 26 countries. This insightful guide unveils how these professional swindlers fooled countless individuals into handing over their cash, and reveals the techniques developed by the police to bring them to justice.
