con artist
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con art·ist
noun informal
noun: con artist; plural noun: con artists
a person who cheats or tricks others by persuading them to believe something that is not true.
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“The overriding element in chronic psychological manipulation is always an issue of power and control. Manipulators are driven by a need for power and control over every situation. In some cases, this can arise from past trauma… In more devious circumstances, it is a method of controlling others for outcomes like personal leverage, a need to feel better than everyone else, a bid for attention, or a desire to have an advantage.”
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“Don’t support the phonies, support the real.”
— 2Pac
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“Don’t support the phonies, support the real.”
— 2Pac
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“Don’t support the phonies, support the real.”
— 2Pac
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A scam, or confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group[clarification needed] after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim’s credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as “a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct … intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial”, as they “benefit con operators (‘con men’) at the expense of their victims (the ’marks’)”.
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“Don’t support the phonies, support the real.”
— 2Pac