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** Gregor MacGregor fits this to a T, happily swindling thousands of people out of millions of pounds in a number of cons, the most notorious of which being the Poyais scam.

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** Gregor MacGregor [=MacGregor=] fits this to a T, happily swindling thousands of people out of millions of pounds in a number of cons, the most notorious of which being the Poyais scam.



* KarmaHoudini: Gregor MacGregor. He repeatedly runs from battle, before launching the Poyais scheme that defraud thousands of people out of millions of pounds and gets around 200 people killed, but is acquitted of all charges and ends up living out his retirement as a respected member of Venezuelan society with a government pension.

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* KarmaHoudini: Gregor MacGregor. He [=MacGregor=] repeatedly runs from battle, before launching the Poyais scheme that defraud thousands of people out of millions of pounds and gets around 200 people killed, but is acquitted of all charges and ends up living out his retirement as a respected member of Venezuelan society with a government pension.



* MilesGloriosus: Gregor MacGregor runs away from any battle when the tide starts to turn and leaves his men to get slaughtered.

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* MilesGloriosus: Gregor MacGregor [=MacGregor=] runs away from any battle when the tide starts to turn and leaves his men to get slaughtered.



* RefugeInAudacity: Gregor MacGregor gets arrested for running a scheme centered around selling land grants in a country he'd invented himself. He then claims diplomatic immunity by claiming to be the king of this nonexistent country.

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* RefugeInAudacity: Gregor MacGregor [=MacGregor=] gets arrested for running a scheme centered around selling land grants in a country he'd invented himself. He then claims diplomatic immunity by claiming to be the king of this nonexistent country.



* ShadyRealEstateAgent: Gregor MacGregor took this up to eleven by selling an entire non-existent ''country.''

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* ShadyRealEstateAgent: Gregor MacGregor [=MacGregor=] took this up to eleven by selling an entire non-existent ''country.''

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