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Netley Lucas (c. 1903 - 1940) was an English confidence trickster and writer. [1] [2] Lucas was an orphan, whose mother had died shortly after his birth and whose alcoholic father had abandoned him. His family was wealthy, and his grandparents had paid for him to attend a public school. When they died, he was left alone in the world. [3]
The trickster figure Reynard the Fox as depicted in an 1869 children's book by Michel Rodange. The trickster is a common stock character in folklore and popular culture. A clever, mischievous person or creature, the trickster achieves goals through the use of trickery. A trickster may trick others simply for amusement or for survival in a ...
Pages in category "American confidence tricksters" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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Three-card monte – also known as find the lady and three-card trick – is a confidence game in which the victims, or "marks", are tricked into betting a sum of money, on the assumption that they can find the "money card" among three face-down playing cards. It is very similar to the shell game except that cards are used instead of shells. [1]
Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845): Scottish con man who tried to attract investment and settlers for the non-existent country of "Poyais". [2]Jeanne of Valois-Saint-Rémy (1756–1791): Chief conspirator in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which further tarnished the French royal family's already-poor reputation and, along with other causes, eventually led to the French Revolution.
In its original form, the confidence trickster tells his victim (the mark) that he is (or is in correspondence with) a wealthy person of high estate who has been imprisoned in Spain under a false identity. Some versions had the imprisoned person being an unknown or remote relative of the mark. [3]
Articles relating to confidence tricks, attempts to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity , naïveté , compassion , vanity , irresponsibility , and greed .