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  2. Kid Canfield - Wikipedia

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    George Washington Bonner (1878 – March 12, 1935), popularly known as Kid Canfield, was an American gambler and confidence trickster who later reformed and made a series of lectures and two films on the prevalence of cheating in gambling. Born in a small village near Columbus, Ohio, Canfield learned to gamble in his family's hotel.

  3. List of fictional tricksters - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Three-card monte - Wikipedia

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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]

  5. Contemplation (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    The narrator, snapping out of his funk, suddenly recognizes his companion for a confidence trickster who stands to take advantage of his relative naiveté, and is embarrassed that it has taken him so long to realize this fact. "Caught in the act!" says the narrator, who immediately excuses himself, and, with a sense of relief, enters the house.

  6. Spanish Prisoner - Wikipedia

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    In this classic pigeon drop game archetype, the trickster offers to let the mark put up some of the funds, with a promise of a greater monetary reward upon release of the prisoner, and sometimes the additional reward of marrying a beautiful woman stated to be the prisoner's daughter. [4]

  7. 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 .

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  9. Category:American confidence tricksters - Wikipedia

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