This is probably the funniest con story I've ever heard. And it relies completely on the absolute stupidity of those conned. Aijaz Mehboob Khan, a con man successfully convinced his victims that he had personal ties with Mahatma Gandhi, as well as Subhash Chandra Bose. What’s weirder, he proved his famous affiliations with a fake Times of India cover story; complete with a picture of him standing besides the Father of the Nation. Most weirdest is that the issue is dated July 12, 1945, while our con man himself is just 29 years old. Surprisingly, Khan - a computer engineer and a resident of Mumbra - managed to dupe at least 10 people to the tune of Rs 50 lakh with his so called ‘freedom fighter’ connections! Besides the morphed newspaper cutting, which had him posing with Mahatma Gandhi, Khan also managed to convince his victims that he was the president of the Azad Hind Party, which was formed by Netaji Bose.The people who blindly believed his claim, eventually ended up shelling out lakhs of rupees, which the con man assured them would be invested in government contracts for maintaining computers. And he even promised double returns.

Hear out some of his victims :

“He was a very smooth talker, and it never really occurred to us to verify whatever he told us,” said a merchant navy man, who was duped of Rs 1 lakh.

“He showed us a newspaper article that had his photo with Mahatma Gandhi,” admitted complaint, who has lost Rs 4 lakh.

“Also, the returns he offered were so high that we immediately invested our money without much thought, lest we miss out on the opportunity,” another person said.

All I can do is quote Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe"