Confidence trick
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A confidence trick (synonyms include confidence scheme and scam) is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, in the classical sense of trust. A confidence artist (or con artist) is an individual, operating alone or in concert with others, who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as dishonesty, honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility, naïveté, or greed.
See also
- Boiler room (business)
- Confidence trick (books and literature)
- Confidence trick (television and movies)
- Counterfeit
- List of confidence tricks
- List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates
- List of con artists
- Quackery
- Racketeering
- Ripoff
- Scam baiting
- Scams in intellectual property
- Social engineering (security)
- White-collar crime
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