The con men in the business are betting you won't take the time.
We seem to willfully live under a presumption that this time is different, that it must be real and exciting, because the laws protect us from the perfidy of con men.
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But one former congressional aide, Cass Weiland, a deeply experienced investigator into such matters, suspects that the amount that securities crooks and con men currently rake in approaches what the underworld reaps from illicit drug dealings.
You wouldn't want to call it a silver lining to the crowds queuing solemnly outside the Alamo, but the day Davy Crockett and his men died was the day chilli con carne was born.
The trio proved to be box-office gold: They were two of the highest-grossing films of their time, winning a slew of awards -- including a best picture Oscar for the latter, a tale of con men in 1930s Chicago.
Their double act as professional con-men defrauding wealthy women in the south of France was a hit in 1988.
Con men have learned that churches may be one of the best covers for their schemes.
Entrepreneurs and con men sunk dozens of wells around Fort McMurray in the second half of the nineteenth century. (One enterprising German immigrant who claimed to have struck oil apparently poured the stuff down the hole himself.) Eventually, it became clear that there was no oil, and attention turned to mining the bitumen.
There is less risk of dependency on sweepstakes con men if your parent has a social life and fun things to do outside the home.
Turning tangible property into fantasy investments, she had given over the fruits of a lifetime of hard work by her and her late husband to crooks and con men.
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