The Masked Scammer Ending Explained

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00:00Hi, welcome back to my channel, in this video, I will explain the ending of The Masked Scammer,

00:05so let's begin now.

00:07The Masked Scammer is a 2022 crime documentary film directed by Ivan Yagi and Dominic Sivir,

00:12spoilers for the film's ending follow.

00:15The Masked Scammer is the true story of a bluff master named Gilbert Chickley, aka The

00:20The Scam King.

00:21What he did was beyond anyone's imagination.

00:24The Scammer is a big narcissist who only shows remorse when he wants to manipulate people

00:29into thinking he is innocent.

00:30So, who is Gilbert the conman and what did he do?

00:34The documentary starts by explaining how much money he has extorted from innocent people.

00:40Gilbert was born in Belleville to a poor family.

00:43He said they did not have enough money to live the lifestyle he desired, so he started

00:47scamming people at a very young age.

00:49His father would chain him in order to stop him from fooling people.

00:53However, he would still come home with money.

00:56According to his ex-wife, Shirley Chickley, he did everything for his mother.

01:01His mother was a huge supporter of his wrongdoings, too, she would tell him that he would find

01:05various people in the gambling business who would believe him since he was so convincing.

01:10And we do see a very convincing actor in him, he does everything with passion and even calls

01:14it art.

01:15We also see him saying that there is only room for people who are smart in this world,

01:19which is seen to be true nowadays.

01:21We see so many scammers successfully extorting money by taking advantage of gullible people

01:25and their fear.

01:27This is what Gilbert Chickley did.

01:29He was indeed a moneymaker.

01:32Back in 2005, he met with a young girl called Shirley, not his ex-wife, and during that

01:36time, there were attacks going on in London.

01:40Shirley used to work for a company that did advertising, particularly false advertising.

01:45She came up with a plan during the time she was dating Gilbert.

01:48It was also the time when he was in huge debt because of his gambling addiction.

01:53Shirley asked him to pretend to be an agent during the time of terrorism.

01:57Together, they would find vulnerable people and extort money from them.

02:01They would basically have smooth talk over the phone, and with the skills that Gilbert

02:05had, innocent people fell into their scam trap.

02:08According to his ex-girlfriend, he was very intelligent.

02:11Even according to the police in France, whatever he did was a wonderful and talented scam.

02:17He would masquerade as different CEOs of companies, and by 2009, he built a team that successfully

02:22scammed people and earned 60 million euros.

02:26When the police were almost there to catch him, he fled to Israel, leaving his ex-girlfriend

02:30behind.

02:31She was sentenced to two years in jail and served her time.

02:35In the documentary, we hear her entire side, and she calls herself a victim instead of

02:39an accomplice.

02:41What happened in Israel?

02:43It was a game of cat and mouse for the police as Gilbert Chickley kept running away from

02:47them.

02:48Gilbert also called himself the master of this huge game that he was constructing.

02:53He had an entire team built just to scam people over phone calls.

02:57In Israel, he met another girl who goes by the name of Shirley.

03:00Shirley ended up marrying Gilbert Chickley, and even in the documentary, she can be seen

03:04to be very much in love with him.

03:07She explains her hardships but says he gave her the life she desired.

03:11She said he always found time for family and that she did not care about the scam he was

03:15running.

03:16In Israel, he lived as a refugee but lived like a king.

03:20Gilbert even had luxurious cars.

03:22He gained a lot of money by fooling elites over just a phone call, he was that convincing

03:26of a con man.

03:28According to his ex-wife, he is no less than Robin Hood because he only is stole from rich

03:32people like Aga Khan, who is a billionaire.

03:35However, his thirst for money did not end there.

03:38He went on to plan a bigger scam and target ministers.

03:42According to the documentary, he called around 180 organizations and fooled some of the people

03:47working there.

03:48Some even lost their jobs because of it and one of them shared that he had to take therapy

03:52because of the loss he faced.

03:55He would play around with people's emotions and patriotism.

03:58In one instance, he even fooled some people into thinking he wanted to send money to free

04:02prisoners of war.

04:04The biggest scam that he pulled was trying to impersonate a minister.

04:08His name is Jean-Yves Le Drian and he was the French minister of defense at that time.

04:13Gilbert would mask up as him and talk to people over a Skype call and convince them to give

04:17him money for the country.

04:19He persuaded victims to give him over 80 million euros for this.

04:23Wondering how he was able to just a mask up?

04:26Well, he used a silicone mask.

04:29According to the documentary, he was planning to impersonate more ministers, however, he

04:33was caught by the police.

04:35How did the police catch him?

04:37Well, he tried scamming a financial director named Sophie Granier.

04:42He pretended to be the defense minister and got on a Skype call with her.

04:46He said that he needed some money from her and that it was an official case and she would

04:49be reimbursed for it.

04:51However, she found the whole thing a facade.

04:54She went to the police, who tapped her phone, and together they tried to play him.

04:59When he gave his account details, the police found the evidence they needed to convict

05:03him.

05:04When they went to his place in Israel to arrest him, he had already flown to Ukraine.

05:09He said that he was going on a pilgrimage.

05:11But the police caught him there.

05:14He was kept in Ukraine for three months, and his ex-wife even bought him a fridge there.

05:18He was living very comfortably and proudly in jail there.

05:22Finally, after three months, he was taken back to Paris.

05:26There, he argued that the evidence and all the phone recordings the police had were not

05:30of him.

05:31Gilbert also argued that the man behind the silicone mask was not him.

05:35Nevertheless, he was found guilty.

05:38In the documentary, officials and journalists talk about his boldness.

05:43To commit such a crime with the confidence that he had was not a small deal.

05:47One of the officials also said if he weren't caught in Ukraine, he would have continued

05:51scamming people and the world would have seen a new wave of his wrath.

05:55In 2019, during his trials, he tried very hard to convince people that he was innocent

06:00and only scammed rich people for the benefit of the poor.

06:04He left a lot of scars on his victims, though.

06:07He not only scammed the rich but also not-so-wealthy people in society, so his argument was redundant.

06:13However, according to Gilbert, he never loses, he either wins or he learns.

06:18He is not at all apologetic and shows zero remorse.

06:22He is now sentenced to 11 years in prison and also fined 2 million euros for identity

06:26theft.

06:27Shirley Chickley filed for divorce and since then, he has started dating another woman.

06:32Also, in the last minutes of the documentary, the audience is informed of how he and his

06:37team contacted the entire French administration and that this scam would have put the policies

06:42of France at risk.

06:44In the worst-case scenario, Gilbert could also have had blood on his hands since he

06:47was losing control over his greed for money.

06:50Now his ex-wife is traveling around the world as a DJ and has moved on, however, she says

06:55his children still ask for their dad.

06:58The documentary is well-made, and the stories that we hear are truly shocking.

07:02That's all for now folks.

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