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  2. Scam - Wikipedia

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    A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity , naivety , compassion , vanity , confidence , irresponsibility , and greed .

  3. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark". Particular scams are mainly directed toward elderly people, as they may be gullible and sometimes inexperienced or insecure, especially when the scam involves modern technology such as computers and ...

  4. Category:Confidence tricks - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  5. Pigeon drop - Wikipedia

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    Shredded paper, which has been used as a decoy for cash in this scam [1]. The pigeon drop or Spanish handkerchief or Chilean handkerchief is a confidence trick in which a mark, or "pigeon", is persuaded to give up a sum of money in order to secure the rights to a larger sum of money, or more valuable object.

  6. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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    A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining the victim's affection, and then using that goodwill to get the victim to send money to the scammer under false pretenses or to commit fraud against the victim.

  7. Exit scam - Wikipedia

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    An exit scam is a confidence trick, con job or fraud, perpetuated under the guise of a legitimate business, that ends when the originator absconds with the funds contributed by participants. [1] When a business entity pulls the rug and stops shipping orders while receiving payment for new orders, it could take some time before it is widely ...

  8. Badger game - Wikipedia

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    The badger game is an extortion scheme or confidence trick in which the victims are tricked into compromising positions in order to make them vulnerable to blackmail. Its name is derived from the practice of badger-baiting. The trick was particularly effective in the 19th and earlier 20th century when social attitudes toward adultery were much ...

  9. Category:Confidence tricksters - Wikipedia

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    About Category:Confidence tricksters and related categories: This category's scope contains articles about Fraud, which may be a contentious label Wikimedia Commons has media related to Confidence tricksters .