He was able to deceive Mussolini himself (7 photos)

Joseph Weil was one of the greatest swindlers, he lied talented and inspiring. Not a single day in his life did he live honestly man.





Joseph had the nickname Yellow Kidala, and when he turned a hundred years old, and he moved in a wheelchair, he was asked question: "If you could get out of your wheelchair and go outside, would you tried to deceive anyone?" Weil did not think for a second: "I I dream about it like a hungry dog ​​about a marrow bone."

The great deceiver was born in 1875 in Chicago. His mother was French, and her father is German. His nickname was associated with a passion for yellow silk ties and handkerchiefs. He started to work waiter in one of the out-of-the-way saloons on the outskirts of Chicago and pretty quickly became an independent salesman that sold remedy for worms of its own production. I wonder what his brew it did not cure worms, but for that it perfectly cured the common cold. But this it was somehow small for the ambitions of a novice swindler.


Wayne came up with a brilliant dog scam. In one rich and fashionable a decently dressed gentleman entered the bar with a charming little dog, expensive leash and all in medals. He ordered drinks, in parallel telling the bartender about the dog's pedigree, listing awards and exhibitions, which she visited. Then he asked the bartender to look after the dog, leaving him some money for the service, as he needed to go to bank, where fluffy entry is strictly prohibited.





While the owner of the dog hastily resolved his financial issues in another gentleman entered the bar, who also ordered a drink and also talked to the bartender. Then the new guest "suddenly" noticed the dog and yelled admiringly that he had been looking for just such a one for many years. He first offered the bartender $50, then $100, then $300. Honest bartender refused to sell someone else's dog and then the master left 50 dollars a deposit to the bartender and a business card with your phone: "As soon as you agree with the owner of the dog, then you will immediately receive the remaining 250 dollars!". He left the bar and returned there a few minutes later frustrated dog owner. He, as it turned out, was ruined! Nothing is left and he has no idea how to live on. Mister practically let out a tear and lamented that his dog would now wander from by its owner. The bartender immediately said happily that he would buy Rex, convincing the ruined master that his wife had long dreamed of precisely about this dog. They agreed on $250 and the owner of the dog, sadly looking back at his pet, he left the bar. Is it worth it to say that by the phone number on the business card there was no lover dogs. About ten dogs could be "sold" per day, and fraudsters worked a whole nursery of stray animals. Cherry on the cake all this scam was that Yellow Kidala's companion Fred Buckminster Before I met him, I was a police officer. Who arrested Wale. And while he was taking him to the station, the scammer gave him $ 8,000, his "morning earnings", with the words that Buckminster could receive about same if he agreed to work together. This is how they turned around halfway to the station, and for a few thousand dollars, Joseph got companion.



This couple once organized such a fraud that she even inspired by Hollywood. They set up a fake bank for one deal!

Everything was right in the bank: visitors, clerks, accountants, security guards and secretaries. That's just each of the employees and each of the visitors were actors hired by Buckminster and Whale. "Bank" was on the site of the National Trade Bank that moved to another building Muncie.

But the client from Canada, who was prepared by Buckminster, did not read newspapers in Chicago and knew nothing about the bank's change of office. A millionaire client was met at the station by a luxurious limousine, brought him to bank and an unsuspecting Canadian "honestly" bought almost half a million dollars of oil fields.



A great touch to the portrait of Whyal was that he had principles: he did not deceive honest people. The Canadian Millionaire Scam is great fit into his moral code, as plots were offered for a quarter of the price if paid in cash. The Canadian didn't like it only because of the low price of plots, but alsoas a tax avoidance scheme.

Overhead costs in transactions with the bank amounted to 50 thousand dollars, and net profit - 350 thousand. It was the average salary of Kidala.



Joseph Weil was able to deceive Benito Mussolini himself.

The swindler came to Italy, pretending to be a mine engineer industry and in this status sold Mussolini the rights to develop mines in Colorado. The fraudster's net income in this operation amounted to... two million dollars! And this is from the personal income of the dictator.



But by old age, Yellow Kidala began to miss. He was too famous and in whatever city he appeared, he immediately followed prophylactic arrest. Joseph was a dandy, lived in luxury, spent astronomical sums for beauties, racehorses, bought mansions and hotels. But he turned into an old man who lived out his days in an orphanage for the poor.

Joseph Weil died in 1976 at the age of 101 and was buried on the outskirts of Chicago in a pauper's grave.