Meet the Man Who Pulled Off the Biggest Scam in History

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Writing: Steven Rix
Editing: Alex Brown

[UnknownSendr]

The irony that his primary motivator was to bring prosperity back to his once wealthy family, only to make the family name synonymous with fraud and deceit a century after his death.

[ChengTeoh]

I still can't get over the fact that Mr. Thoughty2 started out without that fabulous mustache.

[justcallmeoogy]

The saddest thing ever is my actual name is Prince and I originate from Nigeria so just from the get go nobody trusts me

[livingcorpse]

"It's hard to believe this is the same guy who donated part of his own skin"
People are complex. That's why we are taught everyone has good and bad in them and no one can be bad all the time or good all the time.

[TheChadPad]

It's ironic that he was trying to get his family out of poverty, but ended up putting so many others' families into poverty while doing it

[silence.]

*"The human brain is the most complex structure in the whole entire universe"*

_-Human Brain._

[BasNoAnBua]

my fiancé calls you "Ohh! The Dapper Man" every time I play your videos. She's got the most adorable mid Pennsylvanian accent so it's particularly endearing to hear.

[tirannoide]

"Hey Thoughty 2 here"
That's all my brain wants to hear before going to bed

[hlzzk]

8:52 "the only trouble was, all his ideas were sh*t!" *I died*

[alfonsogarcia]

Hilarious how it starts off talking about things being to good to be true. Then cutz to "trends is an absolute gold mine" lol love it

[starlet]

"Ponzi" sounds like a lavish type of pasta.

[GuntherL]

The Federal Reserve: "Hold my beer."

[sidwhiting]

The simple answer for why people still fall for these kinds of schemes: greed.

[brownmuta]

What I love about all these famously known criminals is they were usually pretty terrible at what they did, like this guy just constantly scammed people, got caught, served time, found a new job and scammed more people, its nuts!! It seems to be infamous all you need to fo is continuously do something you're horrible at and people will admire your persistence forever.

[Justin_Time]

I just received my signed copy of Stick A Flag In It!....along with a purple balloon lol

[kazumablackwing]

Honestly, the credit for the biggest, longest running ponzi scheme belongs to the federal reserve. The US dollar is basically the modern equivalent to Ponzi's "international reply coupons"

[justinpettit]

"He was so good at it they named it after him"

So he's the Randy Moss of scheming?

[Kwolfx]

Thoughty2, you should do a video on "Count" Victor Lustig; the man who sold money making machines, but whose most spectacular con was selling the Eiffel Tower to a French scrap metal dealer. Supposedly, he also conned $5, 000 from Al Capone and lived to talk about how he did it.

[hervetenn]

I got into this when I was 20. I gave them $400. It left fishy after 2 weeks, when they kept pressuring me to get in other people to join. I stopped going and accepted my lost. It's ok. Live and learn.

[PrinceOfSpace]

I bought myself and my best friend Thoughty2’s book for her birthday. I feel proud for introducing her to this channel