{"id":2243196,"date":"2026-01-21T02:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2243196"},"modified":"2026-01-21T02:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:23:09","slug":"25-interesting-con-artists-who-were-just-too-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/25-interesting-con-artists-who-were-just-too-good\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Interesting Con Artists Who Were Just Too Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T7NRMixitlU?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Lying is easy. But lying so well that banks hand you millions, governments fall for your tricks, and entire countries get embarrassed? That takes talent. The con artists on this list didn&#8217;t just bend the truth. They built entire worlds out of it and got rich while everyone else played catch-up. These are 25 Interesting Con Artists Who Were Just Too Good<\/p>\n<p>Grab your copy of What The Facts now, available on Amazon! Click the link to explore over 500 fun and fascinating facts! \ud83d\udc49\ud83d\udc49https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/WHAT-FACTS-ARE-TALKING-ABOUT-ebook\/dp\/B0DFNR2KHT\/<\/p>\n<p>Please support my channel and  get access to perks:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWqJpFqlX59OML324QIByZA\/join<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for more tips just like this: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Ewz99H<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude80 Watch our latest List25 Videos: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/list25\/videos<br \/>\n\ud83d\udce8 Have a list idea? Submit it here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Mu3gk1<\/p>\n<p>Author:  Amber<br \/>\nMusic: The Plan&#8217;s Working &#8211; Cooper Cannell<\/p>\n<p>0:00 &#8211; Intro<br \/>\n0:22 &#8211; The Invisible Goldfish<br \/>\n1:12 &#8211; The Fake Police Station<br \/>\n2:06 &#8211; The Black Magic Banker<br \/>\n3:01 &#8211; The Woman Who Married a Woman<br \/>\n4:21 &#8211; The Diesel Rock<br \/>\n5:05 &#8211; The Fake Russian Princess<br \/>\n5:58 &#8211; The Carnegie Heiress<br \/>\n6:49 &#8211; The Boy Band Ponzi Scheme<br \/>\n7:34 &#8211; The Man Who Out-Conned a Robber Baron<br \/>\n8:44 &#8211; The Identity Thief<br \/>\n9:30 &#8211; The Captain of K\u00f6penick<br \/>\n10:25 &#8211; The Fake Foreign Royal<br \/>\n11:22 &#8211; The Confidence Queen<br \/>\n12:10 &#8211; The Chameleon<br \/>\n13:10 &#8211; The Nazi Art Forger<br \/>\n14:05 &#8211; The Yorkshire Witch<br \/>\n14:50 &#8211; The Eternal POW<br \/>\n15:43 &#8211; The Landmark Salesman<br \/>\n16:28 &#8211; The Goat Gland Doctor<br \/>\n17:15 &#8211; The Double Agent<br \/>\n18:06 &#8211; The Fake Kubrick<br \/>\n18:55 &#8211; The Spanish Art Counterfeiters<br \/>\n19:55 &#8211; The Pixelon Fraud<br \/>\n20:41 &#8211; The Immortal Alchemist<br \/>\n21:44 &#8211; The Poison Tester<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf7f WATCH OUR OTHER VIDEOS:<br \/>\n\u25ba25 Greatest Con Artists and the Scams That Made Them Famous: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NuRY-WEJZr4<br \/>\n\u25ba 25 Greatest Cons In Human History: https:\/\/youtu.be\/DwGjXx-EulY?si=FcBFEwL5nz44mUsa<\/p>\n<p>List25<br \/>\nDiscord: https:\/\/discord.gg\/ZcKZRspW7f<br \/>\nFacebook: http:\/\/facebook.com\/list25<br \/>\nInstagram: http:\/\/instagram.com\/list25<br \/>\nTwitter\/X: http:\/\/twitter.com\/list25<br \/>\nPinterest: http:\/\/pinterest.com\/list25<\/p>\n<p>Mike<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/michaelbestrin<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/DizMeLife<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/DizMeLife<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelBEstrin<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mikeestrin\/<br \/>\nCameo: https:\/\/www.cameo.com\/michaelbestrin<br \/>\nMike&#8217;s Other Channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dizmelife<\/p>\n<p>See more lists on our website:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/list25.com<\/p>\n<p>Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for \u201cfair use\u201d for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T7NRMixitlU\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lying is easy. But lying so well that banks hand you millions, governments fall for your tricks, and entire countries get embarrassed? That takes talent. The con artists on this list didn&#8217;t just bend the truth. They built entire worlds out of it and got rich while everyone else played catch-up. 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