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How to Become a Professional Con Artist

by Dennis Marlock

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A fool and his money are soon parted, so the saying goes. And if the job is done right, the fool doesn't even realize it's happened until the wily con artist has moved on to the next victim or the next town. In this entertaining and eye-opening book, Dennis M. Marlock, a retired cop and chairman of the board for the international law enforcement organization Professionals Against Confidence Crime, takes the reader into the mind and greedy heart of the con man. You'll learn the mechanics behind famous swindles such as the pigeon drop, the Jamaican switch, bank-examiner schemes, three-card monte and even fortune-telling. You'll find out why a good scam artist rarely gets caught and, if he does, how he gets away with the lightest punishment or no punishment at all. If you've ever read a news story about a sucker getting taken and wondered how he could have fallen for that, you need to read this book before an honest-faced stranger offers you a deal too good to pass up.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781581602692
Author:
Marlock, Dennis
Publisher:
Paladin Press
Location:
Boulder, Colo.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Criminology
Subject:
Fraud
Subject:
Swindlers and swindling
Subject:
Other Miscellaneous Crimes
Series Volume:
pt.2
Publication Date:
September 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
152
Dimensions:
8.40x5.54x.39 in. .47 lbs.

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