Title:
The confidence game : why we fall for it... every time / Maria Konnikova.
ISBN:
9780525427414
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Viking, 2016.
©2016
Physical Description:
340 pages ; 24 cm
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.
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.
OCLC Number:
ocn930462967
Availability:
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