Plucked Most victims of confidence games are too embarrased to report to police they have been scammed. It's actually shredded paper.
Offenders never give any indication as to where the money comes from.
The con artists work in pairs, one offender talks while the other pretends to be a concerned citizen. Often, they will ask the victim to accompany them to a currency exchange or bank where they pretend to have the bag of money counted. Next, they offer to share the money with the victim, only if the victim agrees to use some of her own money to mix up the cash. The scam happens so quickly that victims don't have time to think about it. Hambric admitted to 40 pigeon drop scams in the past year.