Some believed his book was forever lost to history. Others assumed it was only a legend in the first place- just another in a seemingly endless series of bogus get-rich-quick schemes perpetrated by a master of the craft?

Could it possibly be true? Did the world's most notorious con-artist, Charles Ponzi himself, actually write his memoirs- his own personal account of his ascendency from obscurity and poverty into staggering wealth, fame, and eventual infamy.

And if he DID author such a work- what on earth became of it? Despair, Inc. has finally discovered the answer.

And on October 29, 2009, we are announcing a fully-illustrated and carefully-documented version of the legendary lost work available to the world at large.

Yes. We're completely serious. No, this isn't a fiction. Would that it were an elaborate satire! This is the real book – published by the real man whose influence was so far reaching his very name has entered our dictionaries.

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