The con artist handbook - Joel Levy

Three Card Monte... AKA Texas Twist or Find The LadyThe Set Up:- Cardboard box on a busy street- The dealer shuffles 3 cards- The onlooker bets the positionThe Lure:- Someone (the shill) always seems to be winning- The lookout signals the approach of cops- The roper seeks out marks- The muscle man takes care of complainersThe Sting- The mark is persuaded to join the game: he never winsFrom the charming and seductive hustler to the cyberhack who can truly vanish without a trace, The Con Artists Handbook exposes all the tricks of the trade with a revealing look at:- Why the mark never sings- Anatomy of 29 scams from classics like the Pigeon Drop to the Information Age cons like credit card cloning- Scammer Hall of Fame with profiles of the most notorious and intriguing con men.The hand is quicker than the eye. Get wise to the con.