Classic cons and swindlesDiscusses some of the ways swindlers can take an honest person's money, describing various scams, con games, and hoaxes that have been perpetrated in the past. This book explains such common con games & swindles as the pigeon drop & the bunco scam. |
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Contents
j_ A CustomMade Trap | 13 |
If You Can Beat Him You Do It | 21 |
Where Theres a Wallet | 29 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Classic cons and swindles Crime, justice, and punishment |
| Authors | Josh Wilker, Austin Sarat |
| Editor | Austin Sarat |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Chelsea House Publishers, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0791042510, 9780791042519 |
| Length | 85 pages |
| Subjects | › Fraud Fraud/ Juvenile literature Impostors and imposture Impostors and imposture/ Juvenile literature Juvenile Nonfiction / Curiosities & Wonders Juvenile Nonfiction / Law & Crime Social Science / Criminology Swindlers and swindling Swindlers and swindling/ Juvenile literature True Crime / General |
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