Once the mark has been drawn in, the grifter will offer to call a lawyer friend for advice. The lawyer will hold the money in escrow for a 20 percent cut, to be paid up front. If no one claims the money, the two women get to share it. When the victim antes up her half of the lawyer s cut, the grifter takes off, leaving the victim alone, confused, and broke. Don t pity the victim, grumbles Nash.
Nobody falls for that stuff unless they re greedy.
There are people who take out life savings because of a pigeon drop. I have no sympathy, none. They had it coming. The victims are the ones who allow this sort of thing to go on by their greed. Sometimes it s hard to find a nice word for someone who s trying to make a quick buck at the expense of others.