Billy Bond mentions several real-life con artists whose careers he's studied, including: Frank Abagnale, whose exploits were dramatized in Catch Me If You Can (2002) "Count" Victor Lustig, the man who sold the Eiffel Tower... twice! Charles Ponzi, the infamous con-man for whom the Ponzi Scheme is named Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil, who once conned Mussolini out of $2 million, and is rumored to have scammed people out of $8 million throughout his career The other two con-men he lists, The "High Ass Kid" and "Limehouse Chappie" are supposed names of con artists from the book, "The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man" by David W. Maurer