The confidence game
Subtitle: why we fall for it... every time
By: Maria Konnikova
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780525427414
Subjects: Swindlers and swindling; Criminal psychology; Fraud
Description: Explores the psyches, motives, and methods of con artists to reveal why they are consistently successful, identifying common hallmarks of cons to share additional insights into the relationship between artists and victims.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The grifter and the mark; title: The put-up; title: The play; title: The rope; title: The tale; title: The convincer; title: The breakdown; title: The send and the touch; title: The blow-off and the fix; title: The (real) oldest profession.