Continuing with the same thread:
One of the most important (in my opinion) "secrets" of con artists is that they have not changed in the thousands of years that confidence games have been around. The only real difference is that today, with modern technology, a con artist has a vast amount of information available to him. This observation, however, can be made about everyone.
Take a person like Bernie Madoff or Jeffrey Skilling back two thousand years ago to the time of the Roman Empire and they will still be able to operate the same kind of scams that they did in the 21st century. The only difference is that they will be using papyrus and working with slaves.
We like to think that con games are a modern phenomenon, but as we have discussed many times in previous posts, they are nothing new. A con artist will have you believe, however, that the investment scheme or investment idea is completely new - no one has ever thought of it before.
Con men don't like to admit that they are strangely unoriginal. In fact, many con artists will admit they recycle old ideas after hearing about them from other con artists or even from reading a history book.
One of the most important (in my opinion) "secrets" of con artists is that they have not changed in the thousands of years that confidence games have been around. The only real difference is that today, with modern technology, a con artist has a vast amount of information available to him. This observation, however, can be made about everyone.
Take a person like Bernie Madoff or Jeffrey Skilling back two thousand years ago to the time of the Roman Empire and they will still be able to operate the same kind of scams that they did in the 21st century. The only difference is that they will be using papyrus and working with slaves.
We like to think that con games are a modern phenomenon, but as we have discussed many times in previous posts, they are nothing new. A con artist will have you believe, however, that the investment scheme or investment idea is completely new - no one has ever thought of it before.
Con men don't like to admit that they are strangely unoriginal. In fact, many con artists will admit they recycle old ideas after hearing about them from other con artists or even from reading a history book.
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