The Biggest Frauds In History

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Комментарии • 673

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  27 дней назад +56

    This video was made possible thanks to everyone on the Simple History Patreon: www.patreon.com/simplehistory

    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 27 дней назад +6

      RAD!

    • @anthonychihuahua
      @anthonychihuahua 27 дней назад

      So, we regular puds who watch you on the "lowlife" RUclips level had nothing to do with it? Ok.

    • @davidspencer8373
      @davidspencer8373 27 дней назад +2

      Like video

    • @kellychuang8373
      @kellychuang8373 27 дней назад +2

      Or another reason why there's the part of something too good to be true that it probably is and should look out.

    • @virgilioblanco
      @virgilioblanco 22 дня назад

      No fraud can EVER come close in magnitude like "DEMOCRACY" USA version.

  • @Dinoreign581
    @Dinoreign581 27 дней назад +606

    Fun fact:Frank Abagnale actually played a role in "Catch me if you can",He was one of the cops that escorted the movie's Frank Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio)
    Basically he arrested himself..Lol

    • @rossicourvosi218
      @rossicourvosi218 27 дней назад +19

      That's so cool, do you have anymore crazy facts?

    • @Dinoreign581
      @Dinoreign581 27 дней назад +16

      Honestly,I learned that a while back..So i don't think so,sorry.

    • @Onora619
      @Onora619 27 дней назад +5

      that's amazing

    • @stewardofconsciousness9781
      @stewardofconsciousness9781 27 дней назад +18

      @@rossicourvosi218 In a similar vain Jordan Belfort appeared in The Wolf of Wallstreet near the end of the movie where he announces the fictional version of himself as a motivational speaker.

    • @comettamer
      @comettamer 27 дней назад +15

      So he got to legally impersonate a cop, on top of illegally impersonating a pilot, doctor, and lawyer.

  • @JamesChenisKing
    @JamesChenisKing 27 дней назад +101

    My buddy who was in the military gave me a backpack with camouflage on it because it was just a damn good backpack for traveling and i travel a lot. Anyways after being told “thank you for your service” 2x and me explaining that oh no my friend gave me this and im not in the military i stopped using it because being confused as a military member when im just some civilian was embarrassing enough. I cant imagine trying to purposely pretend to be a military member when you never were.

    • @korhol2065
      @korhol2065 27 дней назад +3

      It is that easy, most people don’t usually question the clothes or bags
      Better to just take the complement anyway

    • @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401
      @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 27 дней назад

      Fraud Election

    • @tmarcus309
      @tmarcus309 24 дня назад +7

      There's so many Vet Bro clothing companies that everyone has a cool vet looking shirt, bag or hat. I look for the older guys with the -insert war here- hat and thank them for their service.

    • @thewizard7780
      @thewizard7780 23 дня назад +3

      Similar story--I have a USMC shirt cause my dad was in the marines for around...20 or so years. I stopped wearing it as anything but a pajama shirt cause I got embarrassed about being thanked for my service. I am not even close to USMC material, haha.

    • @gerwaldlindhelm1230
      @gerwaldlindhelm1230 23 дня назад +4

      The difference in culture is strange to me. In my country no one would ever praise a soldier. They are viewed as worse than the police. They are ridiculed for being dumb and useless. A few years ago a soldier managed to drive out of his base with a car filled with weapons and no one batted an eye. After it became clear he wanted to assasinate the head of state the entire army launched a search party. They knew he was in a certain forest and combed it for a month before giving up. The day the forest reopend for the public, a hunter found him (he found his decomposed body saying it was hard to miss since you could smell it from the main road). Mind you, that is the second time this happened. We have a running joke that you only need two braincells to become a cop, but failing that, you can always join the army. So seeing your culture of army worship is definately weird to witness

  • @Onora619
    @Onora619 27 дней назад +219

    Frank Abagnale's son growing up to work for the FBI is amazing.

    • @felixleong61
      @felixleong61 27 дней назад +23

      "Ah. You are the son of the guy that made us, the airlines and a lot of big banks look like fools in the 60s and 70s."
      "Lol I know...I know...."

    • @Top2BottomGaming
      @Top2BottomGaming 25 дней назад

      @@felixleong61Its more of the “Your dad was the biggest fraud out there.”
      “Yeah, I know.”
      Its been revealed many times that none of Frank’s story actually went down, the fraud was making people believe that it was real the entire time.

    • @kidd32888
      @kidd32888 23 дня назад +1

      It is not true.. he lied about all of that. That is a real con.

    • @cam5816
      @cam5816 23 дня назад +1

      @@kidd32888Wait, did he make up his fugitive stories?

    • @kidd32888
      @kidd32888 23 дня назад

      @@cam5816 other than he cashed a few checks as and got caught. everything else is fake

  • @memeteam2016
    @memeteam2016 25 дней назад +74

    What's great about Frank Abagnale is that his entire "story" is also a lie. He lied about being a liar lol

    • @EGRJ
      @EGRJ 24 дня назад +1

      We need to go deeper.

    • @LudiCrust.
      @LudiCrust. 21 день назад +1

      He did embellish some but most of his story is true. It’s been verified by multiple sources.

    • @SwineBrothers
      @SwineBrothers 21 день назад +6

      @@LudiCrust. No, it's been debunked many, many times. He was a con artist, but most of the amazing claims he made have been very much debunked.

    • @memeteam2016
      @memeteam2016 20 дней назад +5

      @@LudiCrust. He was a loser who got caught forging checks... that much is true. None of the cool parts were though lol.

    • @phillyvoodoo
      @phillyvoodoo 11 дней назад +2

      ​@@SwineBrothersYup...... Timelines don't add up..... He was in prison or in other states on dates when he said he committed some of his most audacious frauds

  • @rossallan3585
    @rossallan3585 27 дней назад +234

    Stolen Valour is something I find truly disgusting. I’m not from a military family, but it just seems a vile thing to do.

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 27 дней назад

      Agreed.

    • @mr6johnclark
      @mr6johnclark 27 дней назад +33

      Tim Walz exited this video.

    • @lordterra1377
      @lordterra1377 27 дней назад +14

      You mean like Tampon Tim?

    • @DocDoMuch
      @DocDoMuch 27 дней назад

      I thought MAGAts loved the military but their god did everything in his (daddy's) power to avoid military service. Funny enough, they now question the patriotism of Walz, the veteran.

    • @XMetalMatter
      @XMetalMatter 27 дней назад +16

      ​@@mr6johnclark Tim Walz was in the National Guard. The National Guard doesn't go to any combat zones. They stay on the base.
      Gosh! You are so gullible. Also, at least he served in the military. Trump was too chicken to serve when the Draft called him. Trump also mocks those who joined the military.

  • @Xingmey
    @Xingmey 24 дня назад +27

    A case of stolen valor is certainly not being the worst of liars...
    that title is still reserved for politicians

    • @unbearablysmug2437
      @unbearablysmug2437 10 дней назад +1

      Wow so brave, so edgy, so totally in touch calling every politician a liar. Wow you must be so smart and intelligent and brave 😮

    • @luking1181
      @luking1181 8 дней назад

      That's why nixon is in this

  • @LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud
    @LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud 21 день назад +11

    As a combat veteran myself I HATE stolen valor. I’ve even caught a few including one of my very own old coworker. He constantly pulled the vet card always calling out blaming it on his “ptsd episodes”, getting Veterans Day and Memorial Day off while I, the actual veteran, had to work, he’d get gift cards from the company and everything. That was until I got fed up with his lying and checked him. I asked where he was stationed and he said ft hood. Well whatta ya know?! Me too! What unit were you in? This is when I started to see him panic on the inside…he named some crazy unit I have never ever heard of let alone in ft hood, followed by the golden excuse that screams stolen valor, “well you wouldn’t have heard of it because it was a top level super secret unit. You wouldn’t have known we were there in the first place. I can’t even tell you what my job was because I signed papers telling me I couldn’t” I looked at him with a devilish grin that was a mixture of anger and satisfaction while telling him “oh really? I’m curious though, why did you call it a job? Did you forget your MOS number?” His answer was pure gold. He said “because that’s what we had, a job. My unit didn’t do numbers or call anything MOS. I couldn’t even tell ya what MOS means because we followed rules outside of the military rules” “you mean UCMJ?” “No not UCMJ, UCMJ is only for marines. I was Army”. 😂boy oh boy I found myself yelling one of the iconic quotes from Full Metal Jacket yelling “Boy you better unfuck yourself before I unscrew your head and 💩 down your neck!” I told him that he had two choices; either come with me and come clean to all the bosses that he lied this entire time or I call the police right then and there and make it worse. Let’s just say he’s not there anymore 😂 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @allys744
      @allys744 14 дней назад

      Wow, that’s a crazy story. Good for you for calling him out, what a nightmare.

  • @jburron
    @jburron 22 дня назад +5

    His trick at the hospital was he would ask an intern for a diagnosis and treatment and then ask another one if they concurred. If they did, he ordered the treatment.
    The interns loved him as, unlike other bossy and mean supervisors, he listened to them and empowered them.

  • @kgxdaemonium2273
    @kgxdaemonium2273 26 дней назад +28

    “Went by the name deep throat “ 😂u can’t make this shi up

    • @rcworks9762
      @rcworks9762 20 дней назад +3

      I would have thought that was Kamala.

    • @kgxdaemonium2273
      @kgxdaemonium2273 17 дней назад +2

      @@rcworks9762 ahh a political joke 🧍🏾‍♂️republicans amirite

    • @robincordero3
      @robincordero3 4 дня назад

      @@rcworks9762 lol

  • @sharonrigs7999
    @sharonrigs7999 25 дней назад +12

    Speaking as a 12 star General, nothing angers me more than Stolen Valor

    • @samuelschick8813
      @samuelschick8813 24 дня назад +4

      I served under your command in The Hundred Year War.

    • @ARedMotorcycle
      @ARedMotorcycle 22 дня назад +2

      I was a schmuck in World War 2.

    • @sharonrigs7999
      @sharonrigs7999 22 дня назад

      @@samuelschick8813 Ah yes. When we fought the Viet Cong in Afghanistan. Good thing Uncle Frank Biden was there to save the day and win the Iron Cross in the process

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell9328 20 дней назад +4

    Oversimplified's depiction of the Nixon resignation and subsequent pardon by Ford is just downright perfect.

  • @GothJesus
    @GothJesus 26 дней назад +10

    Ah yes authorities are absolutely flabbergasted as to how an escaping convict moved a 100lb water tank 😂 a teen could've moved that thing 😂

    • @christianellegaard7120
      @christianellegaard7120 24 дня назад +1

      It should probably have been 100 gallons. 100 lb doesn't seem like enough to flush the toilets on a large airliner.

  • @sohailmohamed7454
    @sohailmohamed7454 27 дней назад +21

    scams should never be handed lightly

  • @immortallvulture
    @immortallvulture 26 дней назад +11

    Biggest case of stolen valour (or walting as it’s known) in the uk was a man named James shortt
    Back in the 80’s shortt was invited to spend time with the SAS as he was writing a book on them, and managed to talk his way onto joining the 21 SAS the reservists regiment. After a few weeks he failed training and was kicked out but he went on to lie about being a soldier in the special forces in order to get work as a special forces advisor throughout Russia and Eastern Europe.
    He has at various points claimed to be a soldier, a martial arts master, a monk, a paramedic, a mercenary, the founder of a bodyguard organisation, a police detective, and a baron in the Irish nobility.

    • @TimothyYocky
      @TimothyYocky 23 дня назад

      Irish nobility is a thing😂😂😅

    • @xys7536
      @xys7536 21 день назад

      Mi6 ???????????

    • @chombus2602
      @chombus2602 20 дней назад

      Bro was literally Steven Seagal

    • @immortallvulture
      @immortallvulture 20 дней назад

      @@TimothyYocky not anymore. Back in the 90’s though descendants of Irish clans could still apply to have their titles officially recognised. It had no actual authority but there was some symbolic significance to it.
      In the early 90’s an idiot called terrence MacCarthy used false documentation to get himself named the chieftain of the MacCarthys and began calling himself the prince of Desmond, he then abused this authority to grant titles to his friends and set up a clan association to sell titles and other junk to Irish Americans.
      James shortt was one of the people terrence MacCarthy granted a title to, naming him a baron and also the head of the chieftains bodyguard (these were all meaningless titles with no authority or actual power) shortt then dressed a bunch of his friends up in kilts and paraded around various places in Ireland and America, again to sell merch to Americans.
      It all ended in the early 2000’s. The Belfast telegraph published a story calling terrence MacCarthy a fake (shortt tried to stop them by sending a threatening letter as the chieftains bodyguard) and the scandal ended in 2003 when the Irish government ended the practice of granting clans a courtesy title because they were sick of Terrence MacCarthys schemes.

  • @GeorgiiiVaampire
    @GeorgiiiVaampire 22 дня назад +4

    "Freedom of speech" is such bullcrap
    In no other country would saying "I have the right to say anything I want" fly when convicted of fraud
    And then the judges agreeing with the dude

  • @liamulrich5274
    @liamulrich5274 27 дней назад +31

    For every real navy seal you meet is a thousand phonies

    • @d_pete361
      @d_pete361 25 дней назад +2

      Don Shipley's videos of him calling out phony SEALS are pretty entertaining.

    • @JeffEbe-te2xs
      @JeffEbe-te2xs 23 дня назад

      Never meant a seal
      Ran into their support guys

    • @itsdan722
      @itsdan722 20 дней назад +2

      Here in Britain, ex forces lads say "the SAS is the biggest regiment in the British Army" lol

    • @liamulrich5274
      @liamulrich5274 20 дней назад

      @@itsdan722 I've heard that before, must be a territorial force 🤣

  • @W.Stryker
    @W.Stryker 27 дней назад +44

    I’m a veteran. And I can often spot a stolen valor when I check their stories. And all too often they claim to be special forces, intel, or CIA. And when you ask basic questions such as what’s your first general order?, or what rank were you?, or where did you go to basic?, what was your MOS? And 10x out of 10x when they say “that’s classified I can’t tell you” that’s when I call them out right then and there. And I’m not alone in that sentiment

    • @tomrutter1637
      @tomrutter1637 24 дня назад +7

      LOL, "I can't tell you where I went to basic training, that's classified. But let me blab about being in the CIA"

    • @samuelschick8813
      @samuelschick8813 24 дня назад +1

      I went to college under the VA and there was a guy who claimed and bragged he was a navy veteran.
      So I asked him his rank and rate, what commands he served at, where he went to boot and such. Each time his answer was "I don't know."

    • @samuelschick8813
      @samuelschick8813 24 дня назад

      @W.Stryker, Here's one that has me stumped, maybe you can figure it out. I was not SF and this does not make since. On my DD 214 it says I have the KDSM which I do have. But it is worded like this "KDSM + medal" and does not say what that medal is but does list my other awards.

    • @stanwolenski9541
      @stanwolenski9541 24 дня назад +1

      My time in the Army 68-71 was boring and uneventful, so much so I couldn’t make things up to make it the least bit exciting.

    • @samuelschick8813
      @samuelschick8813 24 дня назад

      @@stanwolenski9541, REMF?

  • @Timmyhk2
    @Timmyhk2 27 дней назад +54

    Going grey at 16 is rough

    • @endrankluvsda4loko172
      @endrankluvsda4loko172 26 дней назад +6

      Scammer life = 16 and grey.

    • @Based_Gigachad_001
      @Based_Gigachad_001 24 дня назад +3

      People aged faster back then.

    • @Wolf_3125
      @Wolf_3125 23 дня назад

      ​@@Based_Gigachad_001False. Gen z is currently aging faster than millennials or gen x 😂😂

    • @Based_Gigachad_001
      @Based_Gigachad_001 22 дня назад +1

      @@Wolf_3125 No?

    • @loowick4074
      @loowick4074 22 дня назад +2

      ​@@Wolf_3125 bro 30 year olds now look like late teens.
      Just open an old school book from the 70s.
      People 25-30 year old were balding and looking like uncles back then.

  • @pagananarchist4723
    @pagananarchist4723 27 дней назад +46

    I have a particular disdain towards people who commit the crime of stolen valor. My father is a former Air Force MP, and I find it quite infuriating that people will openly lie about their nonexistent service records in order to abuse the benefits we give them.

    • @paulskowronski9509
      @paulskowronski9509 27 дней назад +8

      So do I, I have two great grandparents on both my mom and dads side who served in both world wars, my grandfather served on my moms side served in WWII and my grandfather on my dad side was a radar operator I believe during the Korean War so yeah I have a particular dislike and contempt for those who claim military service when they don’t have proof

    • @GathKingLeppbertI
      @GathKingLeppbertI 27 дней назад

      😂 of course you worship your ancestor, pagan.
      I'm a AF brat turned 82nd Abn Field artillery.
      Brought up to and currently believe in the one true and living God.
      As a child I recall the MP types showing up next door to calm down our neighbors.
      I recall blue and red flashing off the liners at both Mather AFB and what they now call Liberty but was Bragg when I was there and saw them. Mud puppies 😂😂😂

    • @endrankluvsda4loko172
      @endrankluvsda4loko172 26 дней назад +1

      100% with you. Absolutely disgusting. Anyone who does that should automatically be given several years of community service. And I thank your father for serving.

    • @ebubechiibegbula5968
      @ebubechiibegbula5968 25 дней назад +1

      You and me both , I particularly am suspicious of anyone who goes out of their way to look the part

  • @bittheinfernoyt-roblox1262
    @bittheinfernoyt-roblox1262 27 дней назад +55

    Evolution of this man is crazy I learned history from him since 2016

    • @kellychuang8373
      @kellychuang8373 27 дней назад +2

      Yes he really is and you can only wonder what else he could've gotten.

    • @emgab1481
      @emgab1481 27 дней назад +1

      I wish he could make quality videos like he did before

    • @kellychuang8373
      @kellychuang8373 27 дней назад

      @@emgab1481 Now that is something that worries in life among many.

  • @XYZ-eo8um
    @XYZ-eo8um 27 дней назад +15

    And a guy with strabismus thought he would pose as a war hero, even if he wouldn't be able to qualify for basic training due to his condition.
    Yeah, the audacity of this guy. At this point I'm surprised he didn't stated he was a marksman within "his" unit.

  • @mikkelnpetersen
    @mikkelnpetersen 24 дня назад +4

    Friend of mine's dad is an officer and have a few stories of how they do and teach things in my country, when it comes to medals they tell recuits "You're ONLY ALLOWED to wear medal that have been given to YOU personally and officially, and also HOW and WHEN you're allowed to wear them, no wearing grandpas old medals and it goes for everyone, military and civilian alike."
    It's not "freedom of speech" it's dishonoring any and all soldiers and p*ssing on their deeds and sacrifice. Also being convicted of stolen valor bars you from EVER having a chance to get into the military in ANY position.

    • @samuelschick8813
      @samuelschick8813 24 дня назад

      Minor correction. If the medal or ribbon is listed on the veterans DD 214, they are allowed to wear it. Requirements and new medals come along all the time and are often retroactive. One example being the KDSM. Veterans can request Page Ave to check their service record and update their awards on a DD 215. After I got out I did that and found out I had 3 or 4 that were awarded after I was discharged.

  • @Tsirkon
    @Tsirkon 26 дней назад +13

    I don't like that this channel is just now about reuploading old videos and combining all of them into one.

    • @loganthorpe2543
      @loganthorpe2543 20 дней назад +1

      You're not the the only one. The views have fell off big time

  • @leeblack6139
    @leeblack6139 13 дней назад +2

    My father's father used to tell us grandkids all kinds of stories about his time in the airforce. Speaking for myself, I would go "yeah right ". When he died in 2005, we went to the funeral. I never saw so many gold braids. Bands around cuffs and stars. To say I ate posthumous crow is an understatement.

  • @zsmarine0831
    @zsmarine0831 27 дней назад +11

    Having the biggest fraud in the thumbnail drinking a Bud Light is what led me to clicking. Well done gents

  • @Harikejn
    @Harikejn 27 дней назад +37

    Fun fact: Believe it or not, Richard Nixon also visited Yugoslavia during the 70's. And in one speeches he told this: Long live Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav people.

    • @jacaredosvudu1638
      @jacaredosvudu1638 27 дней назад

      The real reason the croats wanted to secede: to spite Nixon

    • @joieman
      @joieman 26 дней назад +3

      And Yugoslavia collapsed less than forty years later

    • @Harikejn
      @Harikejn 26 дней назад +3

      @@joieman Yes it was, since it was used the thing such as: Divide and conquer.
      But this discussion should be not talked here, since I hope that we don't talk about politics here.

  • @jokodihaynes419
    @jokodihaynes419 27 дней назад +66

    "I'm not a crook" -Richard Nixon

    • @johnnytooobad
      @johnnytooobad 27 дней назад +14

      He wasn't from what it sounds like. He was getting the trump treatment.

    • @dipidyl
      @dipidyl 27 дней назад +4

      ​@@johnnytooobadWatergate.

    • @johnnytooobad
      @johnnytooobad 27 дней назад

      @@dipidyl supposedly nixon was trying to get proof that the government was giving him the trump treatment. Nixon knew who killed JFK and wanted a real investigation

    • @telmomoreira7616
      @telmomoreira7616 27 дней назад +2

      @@johnnytooobad Why guys hate so much democrates?

    • @johnnytooobad
      @johnnytooobad 27 дней назад

      @telmomoreira7616 because they hate democracy. Or the democratic republic. The elites installed heels up Harris. That's not democracy. We try no to hate or fear them. "Fear turns to hate. Hate turns to evil."- Master yoda

  • @dianacitrola76
    @dianacitrola76 27 дней назад +4

    I have been watching this channel for just over a year now and I am subscribed. I never miss a new video, and this channel is a great way for people to learn history in a fun way. Something I would like to see is more Vietnam war videos. Keep up the great work!

  • @velzekt4598
    @velzekt4598 20 дней назад +2

    So fitting that I got a RUclips ad for Jordan Peterson in a video about the biggest frauds in history XD

  • @chiefofficerhenrywilde6556
    @chiefofficerhenrywilde6556 27 дней назад +52

    Gonna have to add someone else now

    • @rossicourvosi218
      @rossicourvosi218 27 дней назад +8

      Who? Starmer? Harris? Putin? Orban? Xi? Macron? Anybody at the EU? Tell us who you mean

    • @eagleone5456
      @eagleone5456 27 дней назад +6

      ​@@rossicourvosi218 you know who...

    • @Mooseheave
      @Mooseheave 27 дней назад +3

      If you know you know

    • @jameshughes3721
      @jameshughes3721 27 дней назад +6

      Oh we know who that is…. Not gonna say it but TW

    • @Snp2024
      @Snp2024 27 дней назад +3

      Mr beast?

  • @funrun07haan50
    @funrun07haan50 27 дней назад +15

    RUclips stop cencoring stuff

    • @Just_Me187
      @Just_Me187 27 дней назад

      learn how to spell

    • @MattCurrieImprov
      @MattCurrieImprov 27 дней назад

      It won’t happen. Anything that goes against the democratic communist machine gets censored.

  • @ShadowFlipsy
    @ShadowFlipsy 26 дней назад +5

    "in Europe" Actually i got once fined for wearing my rank in public but i was heading to a military ceremony with my car having breaking down midway after the strap snapped. So i had to use public transport
    and rookie cop stopped me didnt notice my military papers were legit. I got the fine regardless "around 100 dollars back then now its 500" but the rookie was kicked off the force as far as i know

  • @hiddentruth1982
    @hiddentruth1982 27 дней назад +22

    I honestly think stolen valor should be automatic jail time.

    • @endrankluvsda4loko172
      @endrankluvsda4loko172 26 дней назад +6

      I'd say mandatory 10 years community service. Don't make tax payers pay for them to sit in jail. But they want to be remembered for serving the community? Well they will now lol!

  • @GunnerHeatFire
    @GunnerHeatFire 27 дней назад +4

    Thanks for keeping up these awesome constant uploads!

  • @retvet
    @retvet 27 дней назад +4

    Stolen Valor might invade someone's First Amendment right, but shows you how skewed our laws are. Anyway, we veterans got a way of dealing with these Stolen Valor clowns.

    • @endrankluvsda4loko172
      @endrankluvsda4loko172 26 дней назад +1

      It absolutely doesn't invade someone's first amendment right. The first amendment isn't there to protect liars and scammers, it's to protect people telling the truth from government prosecution even if the government doesn't like what the person is saying. All of the rights are there to protect the people from the government, not so people can be vile and evil. It's the same reason it's illegal to yell "fire" in a building if there isn't one. It's not an invasion of the first amendment.

  • @TheSkypetube
    @TheSkypetube 27 дней назад +6

    Fake it till you makeit. It's the long con

  • @vonghianinh6293
    @vonghianinh6293 27 дней назад +5

    First dude is going places

  • @gasmaskcollectorreview1537
    @gasmaskcollectorreview1537 27 дней назад +9

    I'm disappointed that Steven seagal is not in the list

    • @ARedMotorcycle
      @ARedMotorcycle 22 дня назад

      He trained the green berets during the Vietnam war in the mountains of Nepal.

  • @Iskalawagz24
    @Iskalawagz24 27 дней назад +6

    Real life Johnny Sins

  • @ThatOneRussianTank
    @ThatOneRussianTank 27 дней назад +7

    Being 4 minute early to this legendary channel's video is an amazing accomplishment in my opinion

  • @Nitro-082
    @Nitro-082 27 дней назад +3

    Frank really was Mr. Worldwide 🌎

  • @bongwelll
    @bongwelll 27 дней назад +6

    People need to realize that when you enjoy freedom you also should take responsibility and try to do the right thing. We live in different times.

    • @beno1129
      @beno1129 24 дня назад

      Exactly this. Too many people talk about their rights and freedoms without also talking about their responsibilities.

  • @rttrttyan
    @rttrttyan 23 дня назад +1

    So I don’t think people should pretend to be military/have gotten military awards, but the first amendment says congress shall not make any law, (the mention of congress meaning it definitely blocks any federal law from being made that violates this) abridging the freedom of speech. There isn’t an exemption for speech that results in some kind of tangible benefit for you. There isn’t any exemptions.
    So technically speaking, the stolen valor act of 2013, which amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a person to fraudulently claim having received a valor award specified in the Act, with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit by convincing another that he or she received the award, is still against the first amendment, per the Supreme Court’s ruling in Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709.

    • @JoseLapak
      @JoseLapak 12 дней назад +1

      Why is Ferdinand E. Marcos not in the list?

  • @Veridiania
    @Veridiania 26 дней назад +4

    It’s over, it’s done, it’s finally over,

  • @stanktaint15
    @stanktaint15 27 дней назад +3

    The only stolen valor videos I hate are the ones where they're bullying someone that's clearly special needs and is just wearing all that stuff because it's his dream and it's obvious how much he looks up to people in the military

  • @allys744
    @allys744 14 дней назад

    I was expecting more than three videos. I wish Simple History can do a video on the Theranos scam and add that story to the greatest frauds compilation

  • @michaelcoast1216
    @michaelcoast1216 21 день назад +3

    Now you can add WALZ to the list 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Ivan888-x4q
    @Ivan888-x4q 27 дней назад +8

    History is dam epic

  •  19 дней назад +2

    You can add Tampon Tim Walz, the valor stealing retired Command Sergeant Major and Ex president Barry Big Ears 👂😁👂 Obogus to this video.

  • @bradenchafin1697
    @bradenchafin1697 27 дней назад +4

    This better have fdr on here

  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil5718 27 дней назад +7

    14:13 FBI : 😂😂😂

    • @Dan-pt2tn
      @Dan-pt2tn 27 дней назад

      I always assumed the FBI itself was a bunch of frauds.

  • @F4LL_4_NON3
    @F4LL_4_NON3 День назад

    I always found it interesting how there's us generals that have never even seen a battlefield 😂

  • @calistudent6335
    @calistudent6335 5 дней назад

    13:00 is like the truth. Always some weird oldER but not old enough guy wandering up and telling you random bullshit

  • @rcworks9762
    @rcworks9762 20 дней назад

    Along with 5 U.S. presidents my wife and I were at Nixon's funeral knowing that not one of them was worthy of shining the man's shoes.

  • @Sturmbannfuhrer21
    @Sturmbannfuhrer21 25 дней назад +12

    Looking forward to the Tim Waltz episode lol.

  • @jasonolszanicky4035
    @jasonolszanicky4035 24 дня назад +1

    How dare these courts uphold the Constitution.
    LMFAO

  • @deutsch7078
    @deutsch7078 25 дней назад +3

    Where is Sukuna?

  • @janbunz6421
    @janbunz6421 27 дней назад +10

    america has a weird military fetish

    • @AG3n3ricHuman
      @AG3n3ricHuman 27 дней назад

      That may be. But now that Russia is knocking on Europe's door they suddenly want us to be the "World Police" they've long criticized us for being.

    • @indigohammer5732
      @indigohammer5732 23 дня назад

      Absolutely. They're treated like deities when in reality they're hired guns for Lockheed Martin and a poisonous foreign policy

  • @RayRay-yf4ez
    @RayRay-yf4ez 27 дней назад +5

    Let’s go another upload ❤

  • @Yenecol
    @Yenecol 20 дней назад

    We have someone guilty of stolen valor running for vice president right now - Tim Walz

  • @indigohammer5732
    @indigohammer5732 23 дня назад

    Abagnale claims to have worked as an assistant state attorney general in the U.S. state of Louisiana, served as a hospital physician in Georgia, and impersonated a Pan American World Airways pilot who logged over two million air miles by deadheading.The veracity of most of Abagnale's claims has been questioned, and ongoing inquiries continue to confirm that they were fabricated. In 2002, Abagnale admitted on his website that some facts had been overdramatized or exaggerated, though he was not specific about what was exaggerated or omitted about his life. In 2020, journalist Alan C. Logan provided evidence he claims proves the majority of Abagnale's story was invented or at best exaggerated.The public records obtained by Logan have since been independently verified by journalist Javier Leiva.

  • @mbathroom1
    @mbathroom1 27 дней назад +5

    Last time I was this early we had people using unfair scales

  • @andrewglenn7392
    @andrewglenn7392 26 дней назад +3

    General MacArthur is guilty of stolen Valor, he gave himself a silver star for climbing a hill in Korea, was awarded a medal of honor for losing the Phillipines during world War 2.

    • @samuelschick8813
      @samuelschick8813 24 дня назад

      Ah Douglas MacArthur, aka Dugout Doug. Did you know his father was also awarded the Medal of Honor? The difference? His father was awarded the MoH for running into a fight and Douglas was awarded the MoH for running from a fight. Consider this if you will. On Corridor with MacArthur was Doug's family and president Quezon of the Philippines and his family. FDR ordered MacArthur to leave and MacArthur disobeyed the order. But after Quezon gave Doug $500,000 out of the Philippine coffers, Doug decided it was time to obey FDRs second order to beat feet, with Quezon and Quezons family.

    • @andrewglenn7392
      @andrewglenn7392 24 дня назад

      @@samuelschick8813 true it has been verified that a us navy submarine emptied the gold and silver of Phillipines " so the Japanese couldn't use it as funds". Wow robbing the enemy is one thing but your own allies is another level thing entirely.

    • @samuelschick8813
      @samuelschick8813 24 дня назад

      @@andrewglenn7392, Almost. It was moved from the treasury to Corrigidor and then dumped in the waters around the island. The Japanese made the soldiers swim down and pick up what they could find. Please put up sources as have not heard that.

    • @JeffEbe-te2xs
      @JeffEbe-te2xs 23 дня назад

      Large amounts were moved by sub until too dangerous
      Then dumped into the bay, buried and cash burned

  • @Sawta
    @Sawta 27 дней назад +21

    Most of Abegnal's story was recently proved to be a lie. Ironically, living up to the sort of lies he tried to pass off in his made up story.
    Yes, he ran away from home, and yes he did likely make it onto at least one flight in a jump seat. He did also likely commit some amount of bank fraud, but that was after he had returned home (to his parents house). He had only been away for a few weeks before returning. Pretty much all other aspects are entirely made up.
    He did get a bunch of speaking gigs after the movie came out and has ripped off a huge amount of companies peddling the made up story, though. I don't think most really care what the truth is. The movie was super fun, but the man is just a delusional, pathological liar.

    • @thehansgutenburgshow3149
      @thehansgutenburgshow3149 27 дней назад +1

      Watch
      Simple history will delete this

    • @Swagmaster07
      @Swagmaster07 27 дней назад +4

      @@thehansgutenburgshow3149 "Your Honor, I invoke the First Amendment in defense of this comment's right to a fair trial and request an appeal if it faces unjust deletion!"

  • @HummingbirdSound
    @HummingbirdSound 25 дней назад +1

    Well, cops are legally allowed to lie about anything with no exception, so why shouldn’t citizens? Or maybe nobody should be allowed to lie…? Just my two cents.

  • @Crusader-Ramos45
    @Crusader-Ramos45 21 день назад +1

    Another thing about stolen valor, isn’t it being ungrateful and disrespectful to real and even good war veterans?

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  • @Gibby8097
    @Gibby8097 20 дней назад

    You got to bring up our current nominee running for vice president in the stolen valor section

  • @donnellblackwell8391
    @donnellblackwell8391 20 дней назад

    Deep throat 😂😂 I'm too childish to let that slide 🤣🤣

  • @istoppedcaring6209
    @istoppedcaring6209 16 дней назад

    we don't need this in Belgium because most of us don't realize we have a militairy

  • @CW0123
    @CW0123 27 дней назад +15

    Tim Walz

    • @General-F
      @General-F 26 дней назад +2

      Tim Walz is not a fraud.

    • @iqbalfabianza3866
      @iqbalfabianza3866 26 дней назад +3

      ​​@@General-F _Tampone Timmy_ 🌚

    • @Kolbua
      @Kolbua 26 дней назад +1

      Tell me your not a veteran without telling me kiddo

    • @General-F
      @General-F 25 дней назад

      @@iqbalfabianza3866 You have no commonsense the why. Here's a valid reason why Transgender.

    • @LunaPPK
      @LunaPPK 25 дней назад +1

      @@iqbalfabianza3866 its really hard to believe people like you are grown let alone able to type

  • @gooma7942
    @gooma7942 5 дней назад

    The consequence for stolen valor should be infantry service

  • @MegaConmaster
    @MegaConmaster 17 дней назад

    Don't forget reporter Stephen Glass. Even though he really was a reporter, most of his work were lies.

  • @hhairball9
    @hhairball9 22 дня назад +1

    You forgot to mention that Mr Abagnale's main motivation for starting his life of crime was because he needed money to impress women. He said so, himself, in his autobiography.

  • @Grumpyburger0
    @Grumpyburger0 27 дней назад +3

    1:08 😊

  • @rbflooring1
    @rbflooring1 27 дней назад +4

    Is boogie2988 on the list

  • @rangerdanger3057
    @rangerdanger3057 22 дня назад +1

    Omg! A video about Tim Waltz! What impeccable timing.

  • @ThatsThing1
    @ThatsThing1 26 дней назад +9

    Why isn't Tim Walz in this video?

    • @General-F
      @General-F 26 дней назад +2

      Get off your high horse.

    • @ThatsThing1
      @ThatsThing1 26 дней назад +6

      @@General-F So calling out a man who lied about his rank for YEARS while also claiming he saw combat for decades is being on a "high horse"?

    • @General-F
      @General-F 26 дней назад +1

      @@ThatsThing1 How you know he lied?

    • @ThatsThing1
      @ThatsThing1 26 дней назад +5

      @@General-F he literally claimed he "came back from Iraq in 2004 upset with how Bush had handled the war".
      He was never in Iraq. Look it up.

    • @General-F
      @General-F 26 дней назад

      @@ThatsThing1 He was there.

  • @BridgesDontFly
    @BridgesDontFly 27 дней назад +20

    Tim Walz = Stolen Valor

    • @ChristophBrinkmann
      @ChristophBrinkmann 27 дней назад +6

      Nope. He spent 24 years in the military. You can Google this

    • @BridgesDontFly
      @BridgesDontFly 27 дней назад

      @@ChristophBrinkmann
      That boy ran as soon as deployment came up. He noped it out. As a veteran he's a dirtbag.

    • @rocco9111
      @rocco9111 27 дней назад +5

      ​@@ChristophBrinkmannHe lied about his rank and lied saying he was in combat

    • @Kolbua
      @Kolbua 26 дней назад

      ​@@rocco9111he said at war not in combat, he never claimed to be a combat veteran 🤡. Tell me your not a veteran without telling me. Look up what a billet is kiddo

    • @greenleader3520
      @greenleader3520 25 дней назад +1

      @@ChristophBrinkmann lying about rank and deployments is still considered stolen valor. Also, he was in the national guard, his 24 years is pretty much only serving for 4 real years lmao. Weekend warrior.

  • @levicoderman
    @levicoderman 27 дней назад +2

    No one bigger than Fraudkuna

  • @TessaBurke-d1u
    @TessaBurke-d1u 27 дней назад +8

    I know your example of stolen valor was a man in camouflage acting scared of a dog, but that can be a symptom of PTSD, so real soldiers might be just as likely to act this way, if not more. Just a nitpick 😬

  • @Crusader-Ramos45
    @Crusader-Ramos45 21 день назад

    About stolen valor, it reminds me of that white supremacist from, dare I say it, Family Guy who stole military medals to pretend to be a retired war hero working as a janitor at an abandoned asylum, the guy whom Peter and his friends accidentally killed. It’s in the same episode where Brian wore his glasses.

  • @jdub9727
    @jdub9727 25 дней назад

    I was in the silent service and I can't say what I've done or where. I can tell you my HomePort and the name of my boat

  • @brittakriep2938
    @brittakriep2938 19 дней назад

    Do you know the famous incident of german shoemaker Voigt in Imperial Germany? He is still known as the , Hauptmann ( capitain) von Köpenick ' today.

  • @Acetyebaseballkid
    @Acetyebaseballkid 22 дня назад

    my grandpa fought in vietnam and he never wears his medals or talks about it

  • @randylplampin1326
    @randylplampin1326 23 дня назад

    24:50 The objection I have to Nixon's resignation aftermath is that congress should have refused to accept his resignation and continued toward impeachment. The consequences of not impeaching this criminal is that he continued to draw retirement benefits from the government as an ex-president until his death.

  • @terrioestreich4007
    @terrioestreich4007 22 дня назад

    Deep throat was Bragg, Felt was a herring

  • @ricks5756
    @ricks5756 23 дня назад

    11:20 a marine sergeant, with an army ranger airborne pin, and less than 4 years service ( no service stripes ) .

  • @british8521
    @british8521 22 дня назад

    I collect militaria, and had someone once try to accuse me of stolen valour... yeah because I, a 30 year old brit, was definitely there in Berlin '45 serving with the Red Army xD

  • @ugandanknuckles7771
    @ugandanknuckles7771 22 дня назад +1

    monday i was left sefid

  • @Castian77
    @Castian77 21 день назад +2

    Tim Walz, has embellished his military service to the point that some critics have accused him of “stolen valor.”
    Why has he not being convicted?

  • @HarryLime-ge6dc
    @HarryLime-ge6dc 27 дней назад

    Let's not forget Brian Dennehy's repeated false claims of having served in Vietnam. He got caught, apologized, and then did it again!

  • @adamhenderly1602
    @adamhenderly1602 22 дня назад

    Anna Kavanaugh. Is another example of stolen valor.

  • @rafaelramos1486
    @rafaelramos1486 23 дня назад

    Thanks for the names of the fallen .My respects to you for reminbering them.

  • @murrethmedia
    @murrethmedia 27 дней назад

    I saw the title and thought this was going to be about the 2007 New York Giants.

  • @robertlujam5066
    @robertlujam5066 27 дней назад +2

    She didn't fly in as many planes as he claimed and he never worked with patients while he was pretending to be a doctor. The only time he ever did is when he used it to fill up some girls during exams and that's about it

  • @krealyesitisbeta5642
    @krealyesitisbeta5642 27 дней назад +3

    Fraud watch spares no one

  • @benjauron5873
    @benjauron5873 23 дня назад

    About stolen valor: If you're spinning a yarn to entertain your grandkids, it's fine. If you're pitching lines at a chick you meet in a bar to get her to go to bed with you (if there are actually chicks who that will work on), it's fine. But if you're using it for FINANCIAL GAIN, like to sell a book, or get a job (like an elected office), or to just get free or discounted goods or services, then it's FRAUD and it needs to be prosecuted as such.

  • @zackadamec9332
    @zackadamec9332 23 дня назад

    Stolen valor is a scumbag move as it is, but claiming to be a medal of honor recipient? Pure trash.