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- Springer_Hoax abstract "The Springer Hoax was a scam starting in the mid 19th century, often using a phony genealogy in various ways to collect money based on the supposed estate of prominent colonialist Carl Christopher/Christoffersson Springer and debts said to be owed to him by various government agencies of Wilmington, Delaware and Stockholm, Sweden. The alleged estate was said to include 1,900 acres of land, 228 acres of which ran though the center of Wilmington, worth up to $150,000,000. Other claims included $100,000,000 deposited in a Stockholm bank. It is notable today primarily as the result of mistaken reliance on the various fraudulent and/or erroneous Springer genealogies going back to Adam and Eve via Emperor Charlemagne.[citation needed]Wilmington's supposed debt was related to land purportedly owned by Springer. The land actually had belonged to Old Swede's Church. Springer was merely a life trustee for the land. The tie to Sweden was based on a phony genealogy used to claim that Springer was part of the Swedish Aristocracy.In one version of the scam from the 1850s, people claiming to be Springer heirs sold stock in the "Springer Heirs Corporation", supposedly to file court cases to prove their alleged ownership of large sections of real estate in the downtown area of Wilmington, Delaware or the royal jewels of Sweden. The corporation folded after a few minor court cases for several small, unclaimed estates.A later version of the scam was started in 1913, targeting actual and possible descendants of Springer. Again, the estate was said to hold legitimate title to large sections of land in Wilmington. Victims were enticed into buying shares in the "Springer Heirs Corporation 1913 U.S. American and Canada".When indicted for charges of larceny, several perpetrators of the scam claimed that their story was essentially true and the truth was being hidden by a conspiracy involving the courts, the government of Wilmington, and the Old Swede's Church.".
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- Springer_Hoax subject Category:19th-century_hoaxes.
- Springer_Hoax subject Category:20th-century_hoaxes.
- Springer_Hoax subject Category:Genealogical_fraud.
- Springer_Hoax subject Category:Genealogy.
- Springer_Hoax subject Category:History_of_Delaware.
- Springer_Hoax subject Category:Hoaxes_in_Sweden.
- Springer_Hoax subject Category:Hoaxes_in_the_United_States.
- Springer_Hoax type 19th-centuryHoaxes.
- Springer_Hoax type 20th-centuryHoaxes.
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- Springer_Hoax type Act100030358.
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- Springer_Hoax type Deception100752431.
- Springer_Hoax type Event100029378.
- Springer_Hoax type Falsification100751145.
- Springer_Hoax type Fraud100753685.
- Springer_Hoax type HoaxesInSweden.
- Springer_Hoax type HoaxesInTheUnitedStates.
- Springer_Hoax type PsychologicalFeature100023100.
- Springer_Hoax type Trickery100752954.
- Springer_Hoax type Wrongdoing100732746.
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- Springer_Hoax comment "The Springer Hoax was a scam starting in the mid 19th century, often using a phony genealogy in various ways to collect money based on the supposed estate of prominent colonialist Carl Christopher/Christoffersson Springer and debts said to be owed to him by various government agencies of Wilmington, Delaware and Stockholm, Sweden. The alleged estate was said to include 1,900 acres of land, 228 acres of which ran though the center of Wilmington, worth up to $150,000,000.".
- Springer_Hoax label "Springer Hoax".
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