Mr. Victor Lustig was one such person: This scammer sold during the first decades of the last century countless church clocks, statues, parks, money-making machines, historic monuments and such things.
His ability to sell the impossible and outlandish was such that he managed to sell some landmarks in Paris several times and he even successfully scammed Al Capone.
Thorough this page you will e able to learn a little bit more about this peculiar character and his odd achievements. You just have to follow the links and don't be afraid! Nobody will try to sell you the sun or the moon.
Lustig could say convincingly that this was yours, for a fee.