Title The confidence game : why we fall for it... every time / Maria Konnikova

Publisher	New York : Viking, 2016
	Š2016

Copies

LOCATION	CALL NO.	STATUS
Maine State Lib. Stacks	OFFSITE 364.163 K82c 2016	AVAILABLE
UMA-Bangor Stacks	HV6691 .K66 2016	AVAILABLE

Phys Descr	x, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Note	Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary	Explores the psyches, motives, and methods of con artists to reveal why they are consistently successful, identifying common hallmarks of cons to share additional insights into the relationship between artists and victims
Contents	The grifter and the mark -- The put-up -- The play -- The rope -- The tale -- The convincer -- The breakdown -- The send and the touch -- The blow-off and the fix -- The (real) oldest profession
Subject	Swindlers and swindling
	Fraud
	Criminal psychology
Other Form	Online version: Konnikova, Maria, author. Confidence game New York : Viking, 2016 9780698170995 (DLC) 2015046713
OCLC #	930462967
ISBN #	9780525427414
	0525427414