Template:Confidence Tricks

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Confidence tricks and con artists
Terminology
Confidence trick · Mark · Shill · Sucker list
Notable confidence tricks
Advance fee fraud · Badger game · Black money scam · Bogus escrow · Clip joint · Drop Swindle · Embarrassing cheque · Employment scams · Hustling · Mock auction · Penny-and-dime scam · Pig in a poke · Pigeon drop · Reloading scam · Shell game · Slavery reparations scam · Spanish Prisoner · Thai gem scam · Three-card Monte · White van speakers
Pyramid and Ponzi schemes
Ponzi scheme · Pyramid scheme · Dona Branca · Caritas · Charles Ponzi · Bernard Cornfeld · Foundation for New Era Philanthropy · High-yield investment program · Investors Overseas Service · MMM · Make Money Fast · Reed Slatkin
Notable con artists
Frank Abagnale · Storme Aerison · Tino De Angelis · Philip Arnold · Nicky Arnstein · Lou Blonger · Ed "Big Ed" Burns · David "Race" Bannon · Matthew Cox · Louis Enricht · Billie Sol Estes · Arthur Furguson · Peter Foster · Oscar Hartzell · Kenny Kimes · Sante Kimes · Henri Lemoine · Victor Lustig · Gregor MacGregor · George C. Parker · Steven Jay Russell · Soapy Smith · Titanic Thompson · William Thompson · Joseph Weil · Fictional con artists

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