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Oh, Paulna, you must be the poster boy for MSQ shareholders.
Legendary Landmark Scams.
For Sale: The Brooklyn Bridge
Not long after the Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883, a shifty 20-year-old named George C. Parker decided on a whim to see if he could “sell” it to an unsuspecting tourist. He did. In fact, it was so easy that he tried it on someone else a few days later and pulled it off again. He dropped his other cons and went into Brooklyn Bridge sales full-time.
The Scam: His usual approach was to walk up to a “mark,” introduce himself as the owner, and offer a job as tolltaker in the tollbooth he was about to build. Parker would then gently guide the conversation to the point where the mark would offer to buy the bridge, set up his own tollbooth, and keep all the toll money for himself. Parker, “more a bridge builder than a toll taker,” was happy to have the bridge taken off his hands in exchange for anywhere from $50 to $50,000, depending on how wealthy the tourist looked. And he accepted payments installments when a sucker didn’t have enough cash to buy the bridge outright. Some of his victims paid him regularly for months before they realized they’d been had; and more than once, police had to be called to the bridge to prevent its latest “owner” from erecting a toll barrier.
What Happened: Parker specialized in selling the Brooklyn Bridge, but also sold other prominent New York landmarks on the side, including Madison Square Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grant’s Tomb, and even the Statute of Liberty. Amazingly, he remained in business form 1883 to 1928, when he was finally arrested on a swindling charge and sentenced to life in prison. He died in Sing Sing prison–where the other con men treated him like a king–in 1937.
Psst, Paulna!!! Wanna buy the Thompson Creek Moly Mine? It's near Challis, Idaho, and I'll throw in the mine, the processing plant, 167 trucks, a plane, a 41-foot boat and a Benz limousine.
Only $5 million down and two more payments of $6 million a week. Inbox me, and I'll give you my Nigerian bank account details.