Roger Cook's Greatest Conmen: True Stories of the World's Most Outrageous Scams

by Roger Cook and Tim Tate

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. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844549585
• ISBN13: 9781844549580
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: John Blake
• Length: 292 Pages