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Author Konnikova, Maria, author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2016.

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Location Call No. Public Note Status
 Davis Adult Nonfiction  364.163 KON    CHECK SHELVES
Description x, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Content type text txt rdacontent
Format volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography 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.
Related To Online version: Konnikova, Maria, author. Confidence game. New York : Viking, 2016 9780698170995 (DLC) 2015046713
ISBN 9780525427414
0525427414