Most people wouldn't have the guts to do what I do. Try to cheat people over the telephone or over the Internet and nobody ever gets to see you. But any good con man, the old-fashioned, face-to-face kind (and there are plenty of them still around, more than you would think) can look you in the eye, tell you a whopper, and get you to believe it. I've known a prosecutor or two who think that's criminal. I think it's a talent.