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Con artists are one of the world's most devious scammers. Generally, con artists are people who try to create a ruse or illusion that they are who they say they are and make away with thousands, even millions of illegitimate dollars. The two con artists in question are Victor Lustig and Albert Abrams both infamously known for "conning" millions of dollars from people in the early 20th century. Conning is like a mixture of identify theft and deceptive marketing. These individuals who engage in conning have gone literal decades getting away with their false riches without being caught all by appearing to be legitimate... how is this possible and what was their secret to their "success"?
Victor Lustig--what is his background? He began his con artistry in 1925 when he arrived in Paris once he gained word about the dilemma about the status of the Eiffel Tower if it should be torn down or maintained. Lustig then posted as a Deputy Director General of the Ministère des Postes et Télégraphes where we conned a dealer who thought Lustig was trying to bid on metal and got away with $70,000. So how'd he do it? Unfortunately, it is very simple. Lustig used appearances to hide his illegitimacy and it worked for decades. Lustig understood how gullible people can be and took advantage of the people who weren't paying attention.
Albert Abrams--how did he make millions of dollars from quack medicine? Well, Mr. Abrams knew that, again, appearances was all he needed to fool plenty of people to believe in his nonsense. Arguably, trying to con in medicine rather than hustling like Lustig is ten times more profitable due to how important medicine is and what people will do for it. Spondylotherapy, Abrams' published book on spinal therapy conned millions of people into investing in his lie. So how'd he do it? Well, it wasn't all a lie...or was it? The average person has not the slightest clue about medicine which is why it was so easy for Abrams to con millions; he knew his audience. In addition to that, Abrams used what sounded like medical jargon which made it look like he knew what he was doing but it wasn't until real medical professionals began to catch on that Abram was full of it.
What can be gathered from the con artists of the early 20th century? Between Albert Abrams and Victor Lustig, the nikehedonia each felt when they made way with the millions they stole from their conning schemes is what fueled them to keep conning for as long as humanly possible or until they get caught which was the case for both of them. The act of keeping appearances despite being fake at the core was the absolute least needed to keep their operations functional for so long. Why did it take so long for them to get caught? The saying, "Appearances can be Deceiving" comes to mind and is definitely the reason why Lustig and Abrams and plenty others have remained invisible for so long but like the saying also goes, "Everything done in the dark, will eventually be brought into the light."
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