Adventurer

Discover a world of daring adventurers who have pushed the boundaries of human exploration. From fearless explorers to renowned climbers, this curated list showcases the lives and achievements of iconic adventurers who have shaped our understanding of the world around us.

Marina Mniszech

Political adventurer

Andrey Mogilyanskiy

A businessman was arrested on charges of so-called sex tourism.

American scammer

The most talented robber of the twentieth century

David (Race) Bannon

American scammer

Mary Baker-Willcocks

British woman, fraudster

Johann Ernst Elias Bessler

Saxon mechanical engineer, physician and legendary adventurer-con man

Roberto Cofresi

The most famous pirate in Puerto Rico

Nikolaas van Hoor

Dutch pirate and slave trader

Alison Reynolds

English fraudster and swindler.

American fraudster posing as Saudi Arabia's crown prince

Frank Abagnale Jr.

American expert in the field of document security, best known for his daring crimes committed back in the 1960s.

Francois Olonnais

French filibuster who traded in the Caribbean in the mid-17th century

Former Fox News military consultant turned fraudster

Alan Mcilwraith

Former call center employee in Scotland posing as a British officer

Considered the founder of the Russian mafia in America

British fraudster and impostor

American motivational speaker and former broker.

Tracy and Karen Vasseur

Internet scammers

American woman who stole a police car

American fraudster, counterfeiter.

American swindler

French military man and mercenary, participant in a number of armed conflicts in Africa and Asia.

An American, a key defendant in a high-profile case of fraud in the adoption of children.

19th century British commoner posing as a baronet

Homeless ex-Marine who scammed over $400,000

Gerald Barnbaum

Former pharmacist, fraudster

Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt

German shoemaker, ex-prisoner, swindler

Arnold Rotshtein

Professional player

Michelle Anches

An impostor posing as Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolaevna

Janet Lim-Napoles

Filipino businesswoman

Helga De la Brache

Swedish fraudster posing as secret royal daughter

American criminal convicted of fraud

Norwegian inventor and fraudster

Frederic Bourdin

French impostor scammer

Dutch filibuster

Head of the encryption department of the USSR Embassy in Canada

Bendzhamen Sgelbaum

The gangster whose name is associated with the birth of the gambling world - Las Vegas.

Ferdinand Waldo Demara

American scammer

Chinese entrepreneur.

English entrepreneur, purchasing agent, fraudster

Female pirate of Irish descent

Founder of the Japanese sect "Aum Shinrikyo"

Robert Culliford

Roche Brasiliano