http://www.metafilter.com/tags/scoundrel Posts tagged with 'scoundrel' at MetaFilter. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:23:15 -0800 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:23:15 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/53713/The%2Dart%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dcon Do you know your close-up con games? Some classics: the <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0899/maurer/excerpt.html" title="In an excerpt from the 'The Big Con' by David Maurer">Tip</a>, the <a href="http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/InPerson/MajorPerson/jamaican_switch.htm">Jamaican Switch</a>, the <a href="http://www.blongerbros.com/gang/wire.asp">Wire</a> (and its incredibly complicated cousin, the <a href="http://www.blongerbros.com/gang/rag.asp">Rag</a>), the <a href="http://www.nabihq.org/en-us/cons_and_scams/texas_twist.php?fts_ses=145jv9lgfs0f9gd8v67419rk01">Texas Twist</a>, the <a href="http://www.baltimorepolice.org/bpdnews/news.php?action=fullnews&id=52">Pigeon Drop</a>, the <a href="http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp">Spanish Prisoner (or Nigerian Scam)</a> and the ancient <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/282900.html">pig-in-a-poke</a>. Also, learn <a href="http://www.scoundrelsforum.com/wiki/ScoundrelsGlossary">the argot of the classic con artist</a>, view <a href="http://www.scoundrelsphotos.com/thumbnails.php?album=2">some videos</a> of card scam moves and <a href="http://www.scoundrelsforum.com/wiki/ScoundrelsPatter">discover some patter</a> as well, or just see how the language of the con has been used in one of the more <a href="http://www.tau.ac.il/~algazi/mat/Goffman--Cooling.htm" title="On Cooling the Mark Out by Erving Goffman">famous papers in sociology</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.53713 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:23:15 -0800 con congame conman crime scoundrel slang sociology spanishprisoner blahblahblah