Snake Oil: The Scam That Started It All

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Who was the first snake oil salesman? Why do we use the term snakeoil salesman to describe a scammer or con man? Well, the phrase "snake oil salesman" can be traced back to a shady patent medicine seller called Clark Stanley, who sold 'Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment' . Clark Stanley claimed his concoction could cure almost any ailments or diseases. As a result, he made a lot of money selling it and became very wealthy. His business became so big he even had other sellers trying to imitate his product so they could cash in on the snake oil craze too. In this MagnatesMedia video, we explore the story of Clark Stanley and the business of selling snake oil, and why the term snake oil salesman has lived on, and is still use even now for get rich quick schemes and scammers / fraudsters.
Clark Stanley: The Original Snakeoil Salesman
Meet The World's FIRST Snake Oil Salesman
The First Ever Snake Oil Salesman
Meet The ORIGINAL Snake Oil Salesman 🐍
Why Everyone Is Wrong About Snakeoil Salesmen
The ORIGINAL Snake Oil Scammer
Why You're Wrong About Snake Oil
The REAL Reason We Call Scams 'Snake Oil'
The Profitable Business of Selling Snake Oil
Snake Oil: The Scam That Started It All...
The Profitable Business of Snake Oil SCAMS
This SCAMMER Changed Everything
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Here in Portugal , on Television ads, they still sell snake balm for wrinkles, 39 euros a flask.

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Clark Stanley is like every entrepreneur these days

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Token sellers*

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Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, healthcare fraud, or a scam. Similarly, "snake oil salesman" is a common expression used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some worthless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution.

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This wasnt just a dumb scam. Its "THE OG SCAM" that started it all

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It's insane that he started having problems with other conmen stealing his brand to make fake versions of his fake snake oil 😂😂😂 and the general public was eating it all up

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Should have called this video "Essential Snake Oils".

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The way this guy sold those fake snake oil feels like the scene from the musical movie SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET wherein the elexir they sell is an actual piss of a person 😂

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We got a modern day snake Oli where everything and anything is a scam.

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The original essential oils.

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.. and now we have Elon Musk. The 21st century's snake oil salesman.

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Literally any influencer selling OTC supplements or anything plus not selling anything but making 20k a month

[@simewood2040]

We are so lucky snakeoil salesmen no longer exist on planet Earth today. We are so lucky they never lived to go industrial scale. We are sooo lucky.

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They were making fake versions of his Snake Oil, and they later found that his Snake Oil didn't contain an ml of snake Oil! So the problem is not Snake Oil!

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We need a video about the Calvin Klein business. Why? Because why not

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Seems like China could have started the trade war many years before 😂

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Legend didn't even sell snake oil 😂

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Interesting story, I did not know originally it has some real purpose, always thought it was a scam. ❤

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This is still going on today. Functional medicine. Homeopathy. Powders. Pills. Every influencer sells “Bloom”.

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7:20 this was exactly what happened in the first red dead redemption game

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He made roughly 12 million from selling "snake oil"

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😅 my great gran died at 109 she had a few Patten medicine bottles she still used.... She refilled em with her own medicine which I'd learn was whiskey

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This has a similar feel to James Jani. Well done.

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Hey.... Gotta a question…. I’m new to history or newly found the love of history. I asked my grandfather about this but he gave me an explanation I don’t think I can repeat..……. Why do people throughout history give Jews a hard time? And do they deserve it????

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This year you're reaching 1M subscribers

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Were there ever any snake oil salesmen who did sell the real Chinese thing?

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Is this also the origin of the cliche about not trusting a man with two first names? 🤔

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Yeiiiii you are back!!!!

[@nahlene1973]

funny enough the snake oil i bought in Thailand actually works 😂

[@snowylove2002]

The video pointed out that they’re actual benefits from water snake oil*

[@adambuss654]

I met this guy while travelling west once..

[@Isaacpam_edit]

Worth watching.

[@gm2407]

@8:23 Add a fish stock cube or not, again it's your choice.

[@silhouetted_shadow3486]

Snake oil has plenty of great uses. It refills your Dead Eye meter.

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I think that all the 718k subscribers need a video about FTX COLLAPSE. Like it if the answer is "YES"

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Old "rock a feller" did sell his own before getting into petroleum and then into pharmaceuticals., , ,! !! 😁

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thank you

[@NickJThibault]

what happen to him? what was his net worth at the top? when did he die ? anyone know? can’t find it anywhere

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I live in Scamerica