The Con Artist Handbook: The Secrets of Hustles and Scams

by Joel Levy

Three Card Monte... AKA Texas Twist or Find The Lady The Set Cardboard box on a busy street- The dealer shuffles 3 cards- The onlooker bets the position The Someone (the shill) always seems to be winning- The lookout signals the approach of cops- The roper seeks out marks- The muscle man takes care of complainers The Sting- The mark is persuaded to join the he never wins From the charming and seductive hustler to the cyberhack who can truly vanish without a trace, The Con Artists Handbook exposes all the tricks of the trade with a revealing look Why the mark never sings- Anatomy of 29 scams from classics like the Pigeon Drop to the Information Age cons like credit card cloning- Scammer Hall of Fame with profiles of the most notorious and intriguing con men. The hand is quicker than the eye. Get wise to the con.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published October 15, 2004

About the author

Joel Levy is a writer and journalist specializing in science and history. He is the author of over a dozen books, including The Little Book of Conspiracies and Scientific Feuds: From Galileo to the Human Genome Project. Phobiapedia is his first book for children.

Reviews

[Aaron Culley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, tells you how cons are done, making the reader more aware and more cautious about fraudsters

[John de Wit-Zondag · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is OK, but not more than that. Some scams are so old that they cannot be pulled off anymore. I am disappointed because I expected more from it.

[Gavin Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've always been interested in con artists and this is a fascinating insight in how some of the great scams are perpetrated. Essential reading for all would-be con artists.