How to Become a Professional Con Artist
Publisher: Paladin Press
Published: September 2001
Place of publication: Boulder, Colorado
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781581602692
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Sociology; Political Process - Leadership; Political Science; Reference; Swindlers and swindling; Criminology; General; Social Science / Criminology; Police Training; Fraud
First sentence: Leak this book.
Description: 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.