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An edition of The confidence game (2016)

The confidence game

why we fall for it... every time

by

  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 44 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

Explores the psyches, motives, and methods of con artists to reveal why they are consistently successful, identifying common hallmarks of cons to share additional insights into the relationship between artists and victims.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
340

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Subjects
Swindlers and swindling, Criminal psychology, Fraud, nyt:crime-and-punishment=2016-02-07, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed

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The confidence game: why we fall for it... every time
2016, Penguin Books
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Table of Contents

The grifter and the mark
The put-up
The play
The rope
The tale
The convincer
The breakdown
The send and the touch
The blow-off and the fix
The (real) oldest profession.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.16/3
Library of Congress
HV6691 .K66 2016, HV6691, HV6691.K66 2016, HV6691 .K66 2017

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Pagination
x, 340 pages
Number of pages
340

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OL27200537M
Internet Archive
confidencegamewh0000konn
ISBN 10
0525427414
ISBN 13
9780525427414
LCCN
2015041266, 2015046713, 2017288226
OCLC/WorldCat
930462967, 942533305

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