About Philip Arnold

Philip Arnold was an American confidence trickster from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and the brains behind the legendary diamond hoax of 1872, which fooled people into investing in a phony diamond mining operation. He managed to walk away from the hoax with more than half a million dollars.

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Occupation: banker
Citizenship: United States
Born: 1829

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American confidence trickster behind the diamond hoax of 1872

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Occupation: banker
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Born: 1829

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