[Update] Conmen

Cracked's Five Ballsiest Con Artists of All Time. I knew about Ponzi and his pyramid schemes as well as Abagnale's exploits from the movie Catch Me If You Can but I never heard of these others. I did spot some Benny Hinn advertisements a while back here in Manila that he would be practicing some "miracles" here. What I didn't know was how profitable his "ministry" was.

ROFL. Here's psyche's comment on the article:

the ballsiest person i can think of is a woman! she ran for presidency, cheated and the entire nation heard a RECORDED CONVERSATION of her with someone from commission on elections, prooving her guilt! of course at first she denied it was she on the tape but hell, the voice - the distinction of her voice will haunt your dreams and is impossible not to recognize, anywhere by anyone who knows her! when she can't deny it no longer, she made a public apology. it popped during TVCs, her expression forced to look sorry (she's usually a big snob)while saying in her most sincere tone that it was "mere mental lapse of judgement" on her part and that she's sorry to the people of that country. and yeah, nobody bought it but it doesn't mean she wasn't able to get away with it. she duped people big time and simply apologized! insane...or brilliant?!