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Inside the Mind of a Con Artist

So if it was a Ponzi scheme, he has by definition, taken money from somebody and not...

So if it was a Ponzi scheme, he has by definition, taken money from somebody and not invested it into his souvenir company, but paid back other investors in order to keep their trust, keep their confidence and therefore encourage more people to join the scheme

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So if it was a Ponzi scheme, he has by definition,
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taken money from somebody
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and not invested it into his souvenir company,
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but paid back other investors
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in order to keep their trust, keep their confidence
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and therefore encourage more people to join the scheme.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:20
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Inside the Mind of a Con Artist unearths the human truths behind some of the most extraordinary cases in con artistry.
S01 • E02 Christopher said, "(speaking foreign language)." - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:16
Christopher said, "(speaking foreign language)."
S01 • E04 I called the police and I told him that I was a tourist. - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:04
I called the police and I told him that I was a tourist.
S01 • E06 So actually, how much self-awareness - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:10
So actually, how much self-awareness
S01 • E04 And I've seen an English child is it was - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:08
And I've seen an English child is it was
S01 • E05 The key is once that face pops up, though, - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:07
The key is once that face pops up, though,
S01 • E01 -: If you were to kind of give it a intuitive answer, - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:09
-: If you were to kind of give it a intuitive answer,
S01 • E06 -: But when you do that, - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:06
-: But when you do that,
S01 • E02 -: Yeah, if you're lying overtly perfect lie, - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:07
-: Yeah, if you're lying overtly perfect lie,
S01 • E04 And I can understand that you felt unsafe, - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:06
And I can understand that you felt unsafe,
S01 • E06 You've done damage to people that might be lifelong. - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:04
You've done damage to people that might be lifelong.
S01 • E01 It means that nobody can have any expectations - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:15
It means that nobody can have any expectations
S01 • E05 (pen scribbles) - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:10
(pen scribbles)
S01 • E02 You don't know how the room really looks, - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:08
You don't know how the room really looks,
S01 • E04 But why did that involve creating the identity of somebody? - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:06
But why did that involve creating the identity of somebody?
S01 • E03 Because what you said in the beginning was - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:08
Because what you said in the beginning was
S01 • E04 Well, particularly a British teenager, - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:08
Well, particularly a British teenager,
S01 • E02 The same order, the same sequence, - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:06
The same order, the same sequence,
S01 • E03 -: I just forgot, I should have, - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:05
-: I just forgot, I should have,
S01 • E02 If someone asks you, - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:04
If someone asks you,
S01 • E01 -: Well, it seems that being a con artist - Inside the Mind of a Con Artist 00:06
-: Well, it seems that being a con artist