Taken In By The Scam Artist

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1. Frank Abagnale, Jr. left home at 16 to begin a life of forgeries and scams. What was the first profession he claimed to have a degree/license for? Ship Captain Journalism Bank Manager Co-Pilot for Pan Am

2. In 1971, D.B. Cooper hijacked and threatened to blow up a Northwest Orient jetliner. How much money did he demand? $10,000 $200,000 $50,000 $1,000,000

3. Which museum revealed a supposed Matisse they had purchased from Elmyr de Hory to be a forgery, thus setting off the initial investigation into his scam? The Louvre Museum The British Museum The Uffizi Gallery The Fogg Art Museum

4. What institution did Marin Frankel coerce into backing the charitable foundation he used as a front for his incredible insurance scams? Lloyd's of London IBM The Vatican Warner Bros

5. Sante Kimes led a long life filled with petty crimes and eventually graduated to murder. What did she adopt as her family motto? Death before dishonor Dead men tell no lies No body, no crime No pain, no gain

6. In 1968, Gary Krist kidnapped a young heiress, who was the daughter of a friend of President Nixon. He buried her in an underground chamber. How long was she buried alive? 83 hours 2 days 28 hours 7 days

7. Charles Sobhraj was a con man, drug dealer, murderer - you name it, he did it. In 1973, he aspired to rob a jewelry store in the posh Hotel Ashoka in India. How did he attempt to gain access to the store? By blowing the plate glass windows out. By posing as a fire marshal. By holding the manager's family hostage. By drilling through the floor of a room above the store.

8. In 1908, a skull was uncovered in a trench near the village of Piltdown in Sussex, England. This discovery became known as Piltdown Man and was determined to be the "missing link" between man and ape. Actually, it turned out to be one of the biggest scientific hoaxes of the century. Who was one of the more famous people tied to this scam? J.D. Rockefeller Gertrude Bell Howard Carter Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

9. In 1981, Konrad Kujau showed a diary to a journalist name Gerd Heidemann that was supposed to have been written by Adolph Hitler. It turned out that Kujau, looking to become rich off the sale of the diary, had written the whole thing himself. How many volumes did he offer for sale? 12 62 30 114

10. At 14, Adam Worth ran away from home. Born into poverty in 1844, he longed to live among the wealthy. What he learned on the street was how to glide from one world to the other with ease. He also learned how to steal. What literary character is supposedly fashioned after him? Hank Morgan from "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" Count Alexey Kirilich Vronsky from "Anna Karenina" Professor Moriarty from "Sherlock Holmes" Ashley Wilkes from "Gone With the Wind"