Fake Saudi Prince | Catch Me If You Scam | Part One | 9

Scamfluencers

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Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Prince Khalid bin al-Saud is an international playboy from an ultra-wealthy Saudi family. He's posted hundreds of photos on Instagram showing off his lavish lifestyle, complete with private jets, designer bags, and a diamond-encrusted jaguar-shaped bracelet. But there's one problem -- he's a fake. His real name is Tony Gignac and he's from Detroit, Michigan. And he's about to pull off a series of daring cons from Dubai to Miami.

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0:36.1	Sachi, I would say you know me pretty well.
0:38.8	I do. I know you very well.
0:40.9	I feel like this is a trap.
0:42.2	Why are you asking me how well I know you?
0:44.0	It's not a trap. It's an honest question.
0:46.9	Do you think I could get away with convincing people I was a member of a far away royal family?
0:56.8	No. I just don't think of you as someone with enough guile for that, which I mean is a compliment. Okay, well, I'm actually about to tell you
1:01.7	the story of a man who stayed in the character of a fake royal for like 30 years. For 30 years
1:08.7	straight? Yes, for as long as you and I have been alive. How did you do that?
1:13.5	Oh, satchy, just wait. It's November 2017. Just four days before Thanksgiving. And as you can imagine,
1:23.0	New York City's JFK Airport is chaos.
1:32.9	A customs officer sits in the international terminal, working his way through an endless line of people.
1:34.3	It's the busiest travel weekend of the year, so everyone's a little riled.
1:39.1	But one man in the line looks especially impatient.
1:43.2	He's in his late 40s, short with a funny bull haircut.
1:47.3	Picture Moe from the Three Stoges, but with highlights.
1:51.8	And he is covered in bling.
1:55.2	He's wearing a huge gold Rolex watch and a ring with a diamond the size of a ping pong ball.
2:01.9	On his wrist is a Cartier bracelet shaped like a panther.
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