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     • "Con man" is a shortening of the earlier phrase "confidence man," which first appeared in the New Orleans Picayune in 1849.
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     1889'S `CON MAN' A SHORT FORM OF 1849'S `CONFIDENCE MAN'

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   How do you know you're an accomplished con man?

   • You know you're an accomplished con man when they name an entire crime after you. In the 1920s, Charles Ponzi duped investors out of an estimated $32 million (around $475 million today) using the infamous "scheme" that now bears his name. A Ponzi scheme starts with a too-good-to-be-true investment opportunity.

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   What does a con artist do?

   • Nowadays better known as a con artist, his tactics involve finding a suitable victim (referred to as a “mark” or “sucker”), gain their trust, and then defraud them out of money or property. When the job is executed well, the target doesn’t even know he is being conned and will part with his money with a smile on his face.

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   What is a confidence man?

   • The 19th century saw the emergence of a new type of criminal—the confidence man. Nowadays better known as a con artist, his tactics involve finding a suitable victim (referred to as a “mark” or “sucker”), gain their trust, and then defraud them out of money or property.

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   Where did the term confidence man come from?

   • This phrase is credited as the origin of the term confidence man. Are Flowers Feminist? The Surprisingly Radical History of Women and Botany In England, 19th century newspapers were full of reports of American confidence men coming to Britain to perpetrate swindles.

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   Feb 15, 2018 · Victor Lustig became infamous as “the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice.” He also conned Al Capone and got away with it. He repeatedly sold a tiny, useless box for tens of thousands of dollars. During his trial, a Secret Service agent aptly called him “the smoothest con man that ever lived.”

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   Mar 13, 2016 · Whether it's a con artist after your money or a violent criminal after something far worse, these signs are as true now as they were when de Becker first wrote them, and they can help you to ...

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   TIL: The term "con man" (or "con artist") is actually short for "confidence man" and also led to the use of "con" as a verb. The terms came into popular use during the mid-1800s.

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   Eduardo de Valfierno (1850–1931): Argentine con man who posed as a marqués and allegedly masterminded the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911. Lord Gordon Gordon (1840–1874): British man who defrauded $1 million from Jay Gould, who was fighting for control of the Erie Railroad.

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   Mar 9, 2022 · 1. Charles Ponzi and His Infamous 'Scheme'. You know you're an accomplished con man when they name an entire crime after you. In the 1920s, Charles Ponzi duped investors out of an estimated $32 million (around $475 million today) using the infamous "scheme" that now bears his name.

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   Jun 20, 2016 · Though con artists have existed throughout history, the 19th century confidence man was a creature that many Victorians considered to be uniquely American.

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   Jan 8, 2019 · Despite plenty of evidence that there were slick-talking fraudsters and con men from other parts of the world, the reputation of the 19th century American confidence man persisted. Some simply chalk this up to the geographic origin of the phrase.