Drop swindle — The drop swindle was a confidence trick commonly used during the 19th and 20th centuries. Employing a variety of techniques the con usually consists of the dropper , who purposely drops a wallet containing counterfeit money near a potential… … Wikipedia
The Great Global Warming Swindle — infobox television caption = DVD cover show name = The Great Global Warming Swindle format = Documentary runtime = 75 mins creator = Martin Durkin country = United Kingdom network = Channel 4, 8 March, 2007 Original run = March 8 2007 website =… … Wikipedia
pigeon drop — a confidence game or sleight of hand swindle whereby cash is extracted from the victim as collateral for a supposed share in a large sum of discovered money, dishonest profits, or gambling winnings, which in fact are nonexistent. [1935 40, Amer.; … Universalium
pigeon drop — a confidence game or sleight of hand swindle whereby cash is extracted from the victim as collateral for a supposed share in a large sum of discovered money, dishonest profits, or gambling winnings, which in fact are nonexistent. [1935 40, Amer.; … Useful english dictionary
List of The Real Hustle episodes — This is an episode list for The Real Hustle. All dates are the first broadcast on BBC Three in the United Kingdom. Contents 1 Series 1 2 Series 2 3 Series 3 4 Series 4 … Wikipedia
List of confidence tricks — This list of confidence tricks and scams should not be considered complete, but covers the most common examples. Confidence tricks and scams are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type.… … Wikipedia
Shell game — For other uses, see Shell game (disambiguation). An illegal shell game performed with bottle caps on Fulton Street in New York City The shell game (also known as Thimblerig, Three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling… … Wikipedia
Confidence trick — Con games redirects here. For the film, see Con Games (film). Scam redirects here. For other uses, see Scam (disambiguation). For the short story by John Wyndham, see Jizzle. A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group by… … Wikipedia
Advance-fee fraud — African sting An advance fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain.[1] Among the variations on this type of scam are the Nigerian Letter (also… … Wikipedia
Jérôme Kerviel — Born 11 January 1977 (1977 01 11) (age 34) Pont l Abbé, Brittany, France Nationality France Education Master s degree in Finance … Wikipedia
