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Article: con man
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      14 words ...con man • n. informal a man who cheats or tricks someone by means of a confidence game.

Article: 'Con man using my name cards to cheat'
The Malay Mail;  June 21, 2005 ;     270 words ......LUMPUR: A company director believes that a con man is using his name cards to cheat people...customers," he said. Chin believes the con man had taken his name cards and used them...car dealer who almost fell victim to the con man last month. The man, identified only as...

Article: Con man poses as botanist to cheat the public
The Malay Mail;  January 27, 2006 ;     232 words ...KUALA LUMPUR: Beware of a con man posing as botanist Dr Francis Ng. This alert was issued by Ng himself. "The con man uses my business card which he reprinted...yesterday. He said he was approached by the con man about two months ago on the pretext...

Article: Robert Is 'Schooled' by Farecard Con Man
The Washington Post;  June 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Over the years, the Bob Levey Con Man Removal Project has taken aim at...rube from Manitoba. Besides, would a con man go to this much trouble -- publicly -- to beat someone out of $4? Would a con man be wearing clean khaki pants, an expensive...

Article: Police warn of con man.(News)
Daily News (South Africa);  April 27, 2009 ;     223 words ......divorcees have been warned about a charming con man who has duped middle-aged women out of...who is charming and well spoken . The con man meets some of his victims through social...said. Sheoraj said police suspected the con man has at least two female accomplices. One...

Article: Well-dressed con man.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  December 19, 2002 ;     47 words ...A CON MAN wearing a suit tricked his way into the home of an elderly woman in Unicorn...claiming to be a water official. It is not known if anything was stolen. The con man is described as 6ft and of Eastern European appearance. He was carrying a...

Article: CON MAN SOUGHT.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 7, 2003 ;     85 words ...King County sheriff's detectives are looking for a con man who swindled an 85-year-old man out of $20,000. On Jan. 23, the con man contacted the victim in the Renton area and told him he needed a temporary loan to pay off the loan on his motor home...

Article: ACCUSED CON MAN CAN'T FOOL TELLER WITH A NOSE FOR LIES.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 27, 1996 ;     391 words ...If stupidity were a crime, an accused con man who was cooling his heels last night in...detecting lies.'' Even though the would-be con man was nervously scanning the room, Mason...smiles, friendly and calm. The alleged con man presented a check for $80 drawn on an...

Article: `Love' stings women who fall for con man
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 28, 1988 ;     700+ words ......advice is lost entirely upon the slick con man played by Barry Bostwick in "Addicted...cute, humorous moments. In one scene, the con man accidently discovers himself in the same...serious by exploring the pain and agony the con man has inflicted on his victims. Meanwhile...

Article: Con man on the loose
The Malay Mail;  July 17, 2006 ;     294 words ......the special assistant to a Minister, a con man is on the loose in the Klang Valley, having...Petaling Jaya. Hew lost RM7,000 to the con man. They first became friends at the Immigration...Ampang. After two months of silence, the con man told Hew he is still waiting for the original...

Article: Bigamy con man is arrested in US; In brief.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  June 21, 2005 ;     72 words ...A SUSPECTED bigamist and con man thought to have had 12 wives has been arrested in the US. Police...officer, a demolitions expert and a surgeon. In reality he was a con man with a string of convictions. He faces up to five years behind bars...

Article: CON MAN STOLE CARS.. IN FRONT OF OWNERS; Warning after sellers stung in vehicle test drive theft scam.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  October 21, 2005 ;     409 words ...Byline: By JOANNE McELGUNN A CON man is duping people selling their cars into...warned about the elaborate scam where a con man acts as an interested buyer. Two women...asking if he could check the interior. The con man falsely claimed to be working in the Maples...

Article: Pensioner slams door on con man.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  January 18, 2003 ;     91 words ...A CON MAN warned a north Warwickshire pensioner that she would be fined pounds 50 if...Coleshill, at lunchtime on Thursday, as an attempted distraction burglary. The con man is described as a young man with blond hair. He fled empty- handed.

Article: Cars clue to pensioner's cash ordeal at hands of con man.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  July 23, 1999 ;     173 words ...DETECTIVES hope new evidence will help them catch a con man who tricked an 85-year-old Nuneaton man out of his savings...where he is thought to have handed over the cash to the con man in the car park. Anyone with any information is urged to...