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Scams, schemes & scoundrels /

This program presents the inner workings of some of history's most outrageous scams and the men behind them. Includes: Victor Lustig who schemed to sell the Eifel Tower in Paris; Albert Abrams, who devised and sold medical devices promising miracle diagnosis and cures; Han von Meegeren, master...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Arts and Entertainment Network, A & E Home Video (Firm), New Video Group
Other Authors: Randi, James
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: [New York] : A&E Home Video : [1997]
Subjects:
Impostors and imposture.
Swindlers and swindling.
Quacks and quackery.
Fraud.
Deception.
Lustig, Victor.
Abrams, Albert, > 1863-1924.
Meegeren, Han van, > 1889-1947.
Smith, Jefferson Randolph, > 1860-1898.
Skaggs, Joey.
Documentary television programs.
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Summary:This program presents the inner workings of some of history's most outrageous scams and the men behind them. Includes: Victor Lustig who schemed to sell the Eifel Tower in Paris; Albert Abrams, who devised and sold medical devices promising miracle diagnosis and cures; Han von Meegeren, master forger at Vermeers; Jefferson Randolph "Soaps" Smith, a successful con artist in the West and Alaska during the Gold Rush; Joey Skaggs, media hoaxter who has fabricated many news stories.
Item Description:Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (100 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
ISBN:0767008016