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The con artist will then slam on his brakes to "avoid" the shill, causing the victim to rear-end the con artist. The shill will accelerate away, leaving the scene. The con artist will then claim various exaggerated injuries in an attempt to collect from the victim's insurance carrier despite having intentionally caused the accident.
A long con or big con (also, chiefly in British English, long game) [4] is a scam that unfolds over several days or weeks; it may involve a team of swindlers, and even props, sets, extras, costumes, and scripted lines. It aims to rob the victim of a huge amount of money or other valuables, often by getting them to empty out banking accounts and ...
A coin-matching game (also a coin smack [1] or smack game [2]) is a confidence trick in which two con artists set up one victim. The first con artist strikes up a conversation with the victim, usually while waiting somewhere. The con artist suggests playing a game of matching pennies (or other coins) to pass the time, a simple game where ...
It doesn't matter if someone's brilliant and worldly or stupid and naive — everyone's susceptible to con artists. In her book "The Confidence Game," writer and psychologist Maria Konnikova ...
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.
When the dealer and the shills have taken the mark, a lookout, the dealer, or a shill acting as an observer will claim to have spotted the police. The dealer will quickly pack up the game and disperse along with the shills. Con artists enticing people on Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, to play, and lose money in the game in 2018.
Looks like not everybody is going to be rooting for Anna Delvey on Dancing with the Stars this season.. On Thursday, Sept. 5, the co-hosts of The View let loose about the convicted con artist's ...
This con strings together a series of coincidences that each reinforce the apparent legitimacy of the situation: finding the item, meeting the first and then second con artist, discovering that one of the con artists can "help," and possibly getting the simulated confirmation of legitimacy from an apparently distant and official third party.