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George Parker

George C. Parker was born in 1860 in New York City. He grew up in a poor family and received little formal education. As a young man, he worked various jobs, including as a clerk and a ticket scalper. However, he soon discovered that he had a talent for conning people. Parker's first major con involved selling fake tickets to a sold-

out show at Madison Square Garden. He was able to convince dozens of people to buy tickets from him, even though he had no real connection to the event. After this initial success, Parker began to specialize in selling landmarks and other public attractions that he did not actually own. His most famous scheme involved attempting to sell the Brooklyn Bridge to tourists. He would dress up as a government official or a construction worker and approach tourists, telling them that he had the authority to sell the bridge. He would often produce fake documents and even set up fake toll booths to give his pitch an air of authenticity. Parker was so successful at this scheme that he reportedly attempted it hundreds of times throughout his life. He also attempted to sell other landmarks, such as the Statue of Liberty and Grant's Tomb. He was able to convince many people to part with their money, and he made a small fortune from his scams. Despite his success, Parker was eventually caught and spent the last years of his life in prison. He died in 1936 at the age of 76. Today, Parker is remembered as one of the most notorious con artists in American history. His name is often used as a cautionary tale about the dangers of too-good-to-be-true offers and the importance of being skeptical of sales pitches that seem too convincing.

The above text was generated on the date of 2023-03-15 by ChatGPT, a language model trained by OpenAI, with a knowledge cutoff of 2021-09.