RationalWikiIgnaz Trebitsch Lincoln was born Ignácz Trebitsch in Hungary to Jewish parents. As a young adult he was a petty thief with a penchant for stealing gold watches. In later life, he was a narcissistic con artist who went by many aliases and some remarkably diverse occupations. He had an exceptional list of guises throughout his lifetime: 17 names, 5 religions (including as clergy in 2), 8 different occupations, and 7 countries of residence. On different occasions, he rose close to power (member of the British Parliament, participant in a failed coup, adviser to warlords) but never for long.
Many well-known con artists burn brightly before being caught and punished, e.g., Charles Ponzi, of Ponzi scheme fame, from roughly 1919 to the 1930s), Bernie Madoff (mid-1990s to 2008), Lou Pearlman (roughly 2002-2008), and Elizabeth Holmes (2003-2018). …
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Ignaz Trebitsch Lincoln
Ignaz Trebitsch Lincoln (1879–1943) was born Ignácz Trebitsch (or Ignaz Thimoteus Trebitzsch in German) in Hungary to Jewish parents.[1]:10 As a young adult he was a petty thief with a penchant for stealing gold watches.[1]:14,17 In later life, he was a narcissistic con artist who went by many aliases[note 1] (often bearing several passports at once) and some remarkably diverse occupations.[note 2] He had an exceptional list of guises throughout his lifetime: 17 names, 5 religions (including as clergy in 2), 8 different occupations, and 7 countries of residence. On different occasions, he rose close to power (member of the British Parliament, participant in a failed coup, adviser to warlords) but never for long.
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