The Scammer Who Made the IRS Angry | William J. McCorkle | History in the Dark

[@jungefrau]

I work in a used bookstore and we take donations. It isn't uncommon for a donation to consist of an elderly parent's library which they are purging because they are moving to a smaller place. I have unpacked boxes and boxes of 1980s and 1970s "road to easy riches" books and they are all the same. People also tend to buy ALL of the books these guys used to put out. They often leave pages of handwritten notes from the seminars as well and the plan is always 1 of 4 income streams: 1. MLM 2. Buying and selling foreclosures. 3. Investment in penny stocks. 4. Offer ur own seminar and newsletters

[@Heyu7her3]

And ironically the SAME scams have been recycled 50 years later

[@HamburgerAmy]

@@Heyu7her3 what are you talking about, crypto is forever. lol

[@allanpberry5706]

The 'Lamborghini-Lamborghini' audio drop made me laugh every time.

[@mistuhgone]

I think I remember Chantal being interviewed on Dateline back in '99 swearing up and down that all she did was act and appear in the infomercials with him and that she didn't deserve to be sentenced to 24 years. Hilarious 😅😅😅

[@Dangerzone334ArchiveOfficial]

The only Steiner I trust is Scott and his brother Rick

[@stephencoleman1320]

I trust Scott Steiner doing math.

[@chikkinnuggits]

​@@stephencoleman13209 days a week

[@Tula-cs1ef]

It's Katrina for me. The first one not her granddaughter

[@DanielGutierrez-zu9fv]

@@stephencoleman1320230%

[@jugularSignal]

Steiner Math is a course they're too scared to offer in schools

[@anzaca1]

Pissing off the IRS is never a good idea. Even The Joker doesn't mess with them.

[@GalootWrangler]

Al Capone nods agreement.

[@evangaines2303]

One thing McCorkle also learned: DON'T FUCK WITH THE TAX MAN, HE WILL FUCK YOU UP. That was the same thing that took down Al. Capone.

[@woksrandomchannel]

Oh how I remember the late night infomercials get rich quick schemes. 😂

[@Nordath1]

My dad and i watched one of his infomercials way back in the day and i couldn't get over how dorky his hair looked. I wondered what happened to him. Glad to know he went to the right place

[@xelefonte]

With William McCorkle’s ad, the first person I thought of was Tommy Vu…eerie similar. McCorkle was probably inspired by Vu. And Tai Lopez may have been inspired by McCorkle. McCorkle was a stripper after high school. Like who in their right mind would take financial advice from a stripper? Many people did but they didn’t know he was a former stripper. Likewise the businessman who sells shovels and pick axe ⛏️ during a gold rush, people like McCorkle only get rich by selling misleading information to very opportunistic desperate people. They really are the worst of society…no different than the Wolf of Wall Street. But it’s just alarming to me how much a longe prison sentence McCorkle got compared to Jordan Belfort who administered a much larger scam.

[@jmar1973]

Haha,In the 90s I was a disgruntled twentysomething FedEx worker seeking a better life,so I ordered a few courses...Carlton Sheets' No Money Down,Dean Graziozi's Motor Millions... And this guy. I swear, that course is sitting in my attic right now. I actually did go to a couple of auctions in the 90s, I actually almost bought an armored car ( What I would've done with it,I don't know)... But yeah,I drank the Kool-Aid. 🤷🏿‍♂️ Great Retrospective!

[@jimshoe402]

BT 5 new houses that way and retired at 51 $1.1m.

[@henryturnerjr3857]

The real estate at the government auctions must be behind the 300 Chevy Impalas and work trucks with 400k+ miles. 😆

[@majikglustik9704]

Lamborghini.

[@MalkavCat]

Lamborghini

[@Alexs23743]

@@MalkavCat Ghamborlini?

[@SiNKarnage]

Hamborglini

[@VonSpyder]

Lamborghini.

[@BrandanTheBroker]

So fun fact: it was Carleton Sheets program that got me into real estate, but I was so close to buying this one.

[@wutreport]

I'm guilty of buying this one...I remember Carleton Sheets too. Good times lol

[@big_dro1713]

Did Carlton sheets program work out for you?

[@wutreport]

@@big_dro1713 It got me more interested in real estate investing and I briefly had a real estate license for a couple years. Then I became a software developer. I honestly can't say I used or even remember any specific trick or technique he taught. I considered it motivational material.

[@anzaca1]

13:14 Not how it works. You commit crimes in the US? You get charged in the US.

[@zachsmith1676]

as it should be!

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Oh this guy! 🤣🤣🤣 Loving all this remembering of the scammers from the 80s and 90s.

[@derekthelehighvalleyfoamer4427]

Hey Darkness, do you know about that PayPal Honey scam that’s been revealed and how they’re getting sued by KZbin creators?

[@jackinmyhoggoff807]

@@derekthelehighvalleyfoamer4427 Rick James called Eddie Murphy and his brother Charlie Murphy the darkness. You had me wondering for a second.

[@derekthelehighvalleyfoamer4427]

I was sort of hoping Darkness might make his own video about the matter with his own spin.

[@Addictedtocollecting01]

Ahhhh Newports... the smoothest menthol of them all..

[@ecocodex4431]

5:50 *slapchop guy* "Fettuccine, Linguini, Martini, bikini...."

[@GregLopez75]

My aunt was notorious for getting involved with get rich quick schemes. This was one of them.

[@Ajae78]

His name in goofy cursive on the side of that private jet made me laugh. What a weird thing to do.

[@DouglassBubbleTrousers89]

They’re still running that scam today. Even on this very app.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

Always cars,cars,cars.... such a shallow world.

[@ohmynester]

@@kevanhubbard9673 use it to your advantage

[@PearComputingDevices]

Well she was complicit in the scam because she probably thought her UK citizenship would get her off and once she had to feel the consequences, she divorced him. She was probably high maintenance too by the looks of things. Can't provide sitting in a federal prison 😂

[@Divinecomedy232]

Another fantastic video as always!

[@billreynolds9107]

Love the channel! Thanks for always posting great content! Keep it up!

[@dkerr6449]

My favorite is Don Lapre. I used to love his shilling late at night when I couldn’t sleep. He got busted and took his own life in jail.

[@milksheihk]

14:07 charging & sentencing is almost always under the laws of the territory in which the crime is committed, the nationality of the alleged perpetrator is irrelevant, I'm surprised the UK pulled that, given how many non-UK nationals they charge & sentence on their soil.

[@cigarobsession]

Love this series!

[@blank8327]

I am absolutely loving these fraud content videos. I've gotten multiple people to subscribe just based off that lol. Great stuff. Thanks!

[@mr.milehi9883]

You have said it 37 times including this one.

[@bass1sam]

Well, government auctions ARE a decent way to get tools and knives pretty cheap but that's about it.

[@YetAnotherGeorgeth]

9:30 I’m sorry, but I cannot divulge that customers illegal account. Oh crap!

[@MagicM1KE420]

I remember these commercials living in Miami in the 90s late at night up on a binge.

[@UncleJoeLITE]

I'm curious how you manage 10min videos on so much diverse content? Don't get me wrong, your presentation is bloody good & I love your style. But how do you do it? Cheers from Canberra. 🇦🇺

[@mattt233]

Now do Charles Payne and his "Unbreakable Investor" book scam

[@Philflash]

The government goes for top bucks when auctioning items. If they observe buyers colluding on anything they will withdraw the lot.

[@IsaacNeeder]

The real question is....does the government also sell bookshelves? It only complete the circle.

[@Pankunchiiiii]

🎵 Lamborghini LAMBORGHINI Lamborghini LAMBORGHINI 💃🏽

[@Urbansilverback]

I remember these late night infomercials

[@Redneck-solutions]

One from my neck of the woods this time

[@DiamondKingStudios]

8:10 I can hardly blame them; it’s a simple but good car. I drove one in high school myself (wish it was a wagon like the one pictured but they stopped making them years ago). I’ve never done that sort of thing in my life, but as long as you aren’t trying to look fancy I suppose it gets the job done.

[@lusitaniafilms]

HEY I Remember this dude back in the 90's I think? I was living in California at that time. WOW Thank you for a great Video Buddy.

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

Wait a minute!? Are you saying.... William J. McCorkle was a SCAMMER! Well I for one am shocked. SHOCKED I SAY!

[@zafrikelip.1935]

This reminds me of the episode of Married With Children when Al had the 555-Shoe hotline…..

[@brodie65708]

I'm pretty sure this guy offed himself a few years ago. I remember it being a big "remember this scammer?" doc about 90's scum that ended up taking themselves out.

[@JupiterDeluna-j8j]

I remember this joker

[@MikeMadison-z7o]

Same as prosperity preaachers. I give him credit. Balls

[@wheressteve]

Lamborghini ?

[@insanospaz]

Lamborghini

[@Alexs23743]

Ferrari

[@mikepj67]

velvet monkey

[@Unknown_Ooh]

Never knew a single drug dealer that drove a Volkswagen lol although the Newport smokes is pretty on point

[@magnumss]

What a clown .. he doesn't even have a toll-free number yet claims to have everything else.. I bet this is Don Lapre's cousin. I remember seeing his infomercial back in the early 90s 😂😂

[@Alexs23743]

"The Scammer Who Made the IRS Angy" -Well, gee, how do you think he got caught, then? We can't all be Yoshi... xD 1:10: Buddy, it's not what you got that counts. It's how you use it, and something tells me you used that Lambo (Lamborghini Lamborghini Lamborghini Lamborghini...) and that Rolls in a way that my beat-up '18 Nissan Rogue, with the infamous Nissan CVT and all its baggage, could smoke both of them. 🙃

[@Wavy_Gravy]

1776, 1812, and TBA. If the UK keeps trying to extridite their citizens, and ours. Mfers need to learn to play their role.

[@Ryebread1945]

Hey darkness, I was wondering if you could do a video on C&O 614 and she's currently going to be restored within a few years

[@andgate2000]

Dear darkness...do a story of " puffing billing" Australia's biggest most successful tourist railway.

[@ZeEbstar]

Bro that is a lot of videos posted in a row. Slow down!

[@mothra__13]

I've been enjoying your videos on scammers and failed businesses. You should do a video on Video Professor sometime.

[@AA-zm4ow]

I used to think that way I did buy books n went to them to apply ,n went to records building to apply for business register,, , yes it's a scammer ,govt info is free by finding auctions public information & asking ,, I will never buy from govt corruption pirates & con artist that's like engaging organize crime thru parties, been a buyer,, I think estate sales of a deceist is better , even junk yards,, , but yes the video makes sense ,,

[@1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish.]

Last War ads are really bad.

[@eastsider85]

Dude you dont have yell in the mic its rite there

[@PearComputingDevices]

That dude kinda looks like Governor 'Nauseum' talks like him too. 😂 It's just too bad he didn't advocate for stealing from himself too 😂

[@JohnStrange-q8r]

But it must be true because he had a Lamborghini.

[@MissTia777]

Through scams

[@simonseigar6131]

It Holloway prison get facts correct

[@MikeMadison-z7o]

He appeals to your inner greed.

[@80s_Gamr]

It takes a little more work than he made it sound like it needed, but at 51 I can say for a fact that it works. Send me a private message and I'll explain in more detail... too much to write here.

[@VonSpyder]

Lamborghini.