The useful idea
- The useful idea
A scam, or a confidence trick (shortened to con), is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust.
- How it works
Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity, naivety, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed.
- Why it matters
Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ... intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators at
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A scam, or a confidence trick (shortened to con), is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust.