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Famous Scams: Therese Humbert - 17/08/2009

The life of Thérèse Humbert is yet another tale of a rags-to-riches tale fraudster, this time in 19th century Paris.

When Thérèse Daurignac was born into a peasant family in Languedoc, France, in 1856, nobody could have imagined her future life would make her the subject of a 1983 TV movie. The little Thérèse was clearly a natural at the confidence trickster game, and even as a child would convince friends to lend her their jewellery in order to convince others that she was wealthy.

Fabulous story about one the best scams in French history.