The Con Man (also known as a confidence man, grifter, swindler, chiseler, matchstick man, bunco artist, scam artist, or con artist) attempts to gain the confidence of naïve people and part them from their money, or at least play them for a fool long enough to get what they want — that is, to pull off a confidence trick. More @Wikipedia
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