The Scammer Who Sold A Fake Country

Just when you think you know the depths of the human ingenuity to commit fraud, another guy comes along and takes the cake. But in the case of Gregor MacGregor, this will never happen as he will forever be the greatest scammer to ever live. He sold a fake country, but at a time where nobody could confidently and quickly verify his claims. Due to his social status, everyone believed him - some sold everything to live there only for disaster to await them.

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[Sebbir]

It’s crazy to think he send hundreds of people to their slow death for money. What a monster

[mikkelnpetersen]

"Gregor MacGregor" is one of THE most scottish names EVER.

[Ben-Ken]

The coat of arms featured 2 unicorns! 😂😂
He must have chuckled to himself when he came up with that irony.

[Nick-ymgh]

07:05 so glad we have the internet, thats why there are no more scams

[jeff__w]

It’s one thing to scam people out of thousands of pounds selling bonds for a wholly fictitious country, it’s another to _knowingly_ send entire families thousands of miles (with free passage for women and children!) to an undeveloped land to die a slow death from starvation and disease. It’s a real-life 19ᵗʰ horror story. (I’m surprised no one’s made it into a movie but it might just be too horrific.)

[yallao]

"Somehow the judge ruled that he was innocent" no shit, he bribed the judge 😂😂

[capnseriousnap]

Venezuelan here, pretty crazy he ended up landing in venezuela. What a horrible person to send people to their death. Entire families mind you.

[Siscon]

An story as old as time. Greed is at its best when exploiting other people’s greed.

[ABQSentinel]

It's absolutely disgusting that people like this are able to get away with such heinous crimes. And yet, look at many of our politicians and you can plainly see that, all too often, crime DOES pay... and pay well!

[cyprianchewe]

The story of this man could actually make a brilliant motion picture with the right director & cast

[Hobbitstomper]

This man was born 200 years too early. Nowadays he would easily scam his way into becoming a president.

[cheegum]

1:25 paying large sums of money to get high ranking jobs still happens in many third world nations around the world where corruption still rules.

[andrewx]

13:05 well actually, I’m a Nigerian prince, and you’ve just inherited my 200 million wealth, I just need you to pay $500 in tax, and it’s all yours.

[Artorias]

what a wild story. This guy was straight up diabolical!

[odinsplaygrounds]

What an awful person! Can just imagine how devastating it was for the families that went there.

[pineapplesoda]

@6:38 They say scammers always offer you a "tell" because they want to be able to say you had been warned. The flag features a Latin motto that means "ignorant of being defeated". @Ben-Ken oh, yeah, he had a good, long laugh coming up with this, no doubt about it.

[kidpeligro]

This takes that "I have a bridge to sell to you" saying to another level. LOL

[chrisbenn]

"He offered free travel for all women and CHILDREN"! :-(

[oliyt]

I say hell yeah to more videos on historical scams, this stuff is great

[israelmondowin]

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