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Where can you put your trust?

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1 Where can you put your trust?
Confidence Tricks

2 Terminology Con Game Bunko Scam Grift Flimflam Swindle

3 Some General Types Get Rich Quick Romance Scam Extortion

4 Found Money Scam Pigeon Drop

5 Ponzi or Pyramid Scams

6 Appeals to Human Nature
Trust Compassion Opportunism Dishonesty Greed Honesty Gullibility Vanity

7 Some Common Tactics Uses shills (secret accomplices)
Makes mark (victim) complicit Demands fast decision Preys on greed or gamble Seems too good to be true

8 Apply critical thinking:
List some elements of confidence tricks in (supposedly legitimate) business education politics religion social groups.

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