confidence game

Examples (10)

• He fell for a classic confidence game and lost all his savings.
• The police warned elderly residents about a new confidence game involving fake lottery winnings.
• She was a master at the long con, a type of confidence game that unfolds over months.
• The entire investment opportunity turned out to be an elaborate confidence game.
• In a confidence game, the swindler first gains the victim's trust to exploit them later.
• The film's plot revolves around a team of grifters pulling off a high-stakes confidence game.
• Recognizing the signs of a confidence game can protect you from financial ruin.
• He was arrested for running a confidence game that targeted desperate entrepreneurs.
• Many people are too embarrassed to report they've been victims of a confidence game.
• The politician's promises were dismissed by his opponents as nothing more than a political confidence game.