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The
confidencetrickster
,
conman
,
swindler
,
grifter
,
scamartist
 
PeopleNology the Book all aboutthe swindlers and scam artiststhat want all your money.
The first known usage of the term"confidence man" was in 1849; itwas used by the press during thetrial of William Thompson.Thompson chatted with strangersuntil he asked if they had the
 
 
confidence to lend him theirwatches, whereupon he would walk off with the watch; he was capturedwhen a victim recognized him on thestreet.[1]Terminology Confidencetrick · Mark · Shill ·
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 Sucker list Notable confidence tricks Advance fee fraud · Badger game ·Black money scam · Bogus escrow ·Clip joint · Drop Swindle ·Embarrassing cheque · Employmentscams · Hustling · Mock auction ·Penny-and-dime scam · Pig in apoke · Pigeon drop · Reloading scam· Shell game · Slavery reparationsscam · Spanish Prisoner · Thai gemscam · Three-card Monte · Whitevan speakers Pyramid and Ponzischemes Ponzi scheme · Pyramidscheme · Dona Branca · Caritas ·Charles Ponzi · Bernard Cornfeld ·Foundation for New Era Philanthropy· High-yield investment program ·Investors Overseas Service · MMM ·Make money fast · Reed SlatkinNotable con artists Frank Abagnale ·Storme Aerison · Tino De Angelis ·Philip Arnold · Nicky Arnstein · LouBlonger · Ed "Big Ed" Burns · David"Race" Bannon · Matthew Cox ·Louis Enricht · Billie Sol Estes · Arthur Furguson · Peter Foster ·Oscar Hartzell · Kenny Kimes · SanteKimes · Henri Lemoine · Victor Lustig· Gregor MacGregor · George C.Parker · Steven Jay Russell · SoapySmith · Titanic Thompson · WilliamThompson · Joseph Weil · Fictionalcon artists
 Vulnerability to confidencetricks
Persons of any level of intelligenceare vulnerable to deception byexperienced con artists. Confidencetricks exploit human weaknesses likegreed, dishonesty, vanity, but alsovirtues like honesty, compassion, ora naïve expectation of good faith onthe part of the con artist.
 
 
Just as there is no typicalprofile for swindlers, neither isthere one for their victims. Virtually anyone can fall preyto fraudulent crimes. …Certainly victims of high-yieldinvestment frauds maypossess a level of greed whichexceeds their caution as wellas a willingness to believewhat they want to believe.However, not all fraud victimsare greedy, risk-taking, self-deceptive individuals lookingto make a quick dollar. Norare all fraud victims naive,uneducated, or elderly.[2]Confidence tricksters often rely onthe greed and dishonesty of themark, who may attempt to out-cheatthe con artist, only to discover thathe or she has been manipulated intolosing from the very beginning. Thisis such a general principle inconfidence tricks that there is asaying among con men that "youcan't cheat an honest man."[3]Nevertheless, some tricks depend onthe honesty of the victim. In acommon scam, as part of anapparently legitimate transaction,the victim is sent a worthless check,which the victim then deposits. Thevictim is then urged to forward theapparent value of the check to thetrickster as cash, possibly keeping asmall portion of the money as acommission, which they may dobefore discovering the check bounces. Another fashionablescenario (as of 2006) has the victimrecruited as a "financial agent" tocollect "business debts". Paperchecks are not always involved:funds may be transferredelectronically from another victim.
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