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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.
Con artists, as predators, love to pounce on these opportunities of emotional vulnerability. During these periods, "we become a little bit uncomfortable because humans don't really like ...
The saying "I'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge" originated from this con. [13] Charles Ponzi (1882–1949): Italian swindler and con artist; "Ponzi scheme" is a type of fraud named after him. [14] Soapy Smith (1860–1898): American con artist and gangster in Denver and Creede, Colorado and Skagway, Alaska, in the 1880s and 1890s [15]
The con artist pays the high returns promised to their earlier investors by using the money obtained from later investors. Instead of engaging in a legitimate business activity, the con artist attempts to attract new investors to make the payments that were promised to earlier investors.
What is real can seem pretty arbitrary. It’s easy to be fooled by misinformation disguised as news and deepfake videos showing people doing things they never did or said. Inaccurate information ...
Scams and cons are appallingly common online these days, and among the more despicable ploys out there are those that aim to take advantage of desperate job-seekers trying to salvage their ...
The Art of the Con is a 2015 book by Anthony Amore about forgeries, thefts, scams and fakes in the art world from the 18th century to the present time. [1] [2] [3] Among those featured in the book are the scandals around Lawrence Salander and the Knoedler gallery. [3] It was published by Palgrave Macmillan. [4]
A sudden manufactured crisis or change of events forces the victim to act or make a decision immediately. This is the point at which the con succeeds or fails. With a financial scam, the con artist may tell the victim that the "window of opportunity" to make a large investment in the scheme is about to suddenly close forever. The in-and-in