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How Con Games Work by Marjorie Henderson, M. Allen Henderson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is How Con Games Work about?
Don't learn about the con artist the hard way: With <i>How Con Games Work,</i> spot him and his tricks before he can relieve you of your cash! <p>A shrewd businessman and skilled actor, the con artist has many faces, and flimflam authority Henderson shows you just what to look for. Threecard monte, the badger game, the wire, pigeon drop, handkerchief switch, obituary hustle, and door-to-door home repair scams have been around for ages, and Henderson explores them in detail, as well as spiritual bunco (the seance, gypsy blessing), romance bunco, modern-day quackery (mail-order sex and beauty enhancers, tonics, electrical gadgets), investment scams (oil-lease lands, precious metals, distributorships), and more.</p> <p>Explores such scams as three-card monte, the badger game, and the handkerchief switch, the seance, and mail-order sex and beauty enhancers. </p>
Who reads How Con Games Work?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Marjorie Henderson, M. Allen Henderson
- Publisher
- Carol Pub. Group
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780806510149
- Category
- nonfiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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