>> what did you know about precision machine parts? >> as much as you do. >> he is not just bragging, by the way. the scams all really happened, and he never went to jail for them. but then, there was the time that he worked for a company that prints blank government checks. >> i took them. i put them in my briefcase and cashed one check for $57,000. >> he got caught that time and was sent to prison. but then, he walked away from his halfway house and into another almost unbelievable scam. you will remember that one of the most consistent elements of jim rowe's various identities was that of an elite military officer, usually a navy s.e.a.l. most of his victims believed him, perhaps because there was a grain of truth in it. rowe did enlist in the army and the navy and even briefly in the marines. though hardly in an elite capacity. >> i wasn't a -- wasn't a navy s.e.a.l. i was a cook. wasn't glamorous.