How To Become A Professional Con Artist by Dennis M. Marlock

Here's one way the crime works: A tiny camera is inserted in or near an ATM's keypad and works in conjunction with a peripheral device attached to the ATM – perhaps a reader through which you're asked to swipe your card. Here are just a few scams that have taken in the smart and the not-so-smart alike.ĪTM skimming: You don't advertise your PIN and other bank-account information, but a crook may get a hold of it anyway by rigging an ATM. Some scams are IQ-proof because the con artists work remotely. And that's if they deal with you personally. Sophisticated con artists can snare intelligent consumers because they are masters of human nature, can size up their prey and will say what you want to hear and make it highly believable, Marlock noted. Marlock, a retired police officer and author of 'How to Become a Professional Con Artist.' They think only the greedy, gullible or brain-dead would get scammed,' said Dennis M.

'Smart people never think it's going to happen to them. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – You're smart, you think you're good at reading people and you know those claims promising 'great, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities' are pure bunk.īut that doesn't mean you're safe from scams. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.You can't avoid all of them but you can at least try to minimize the damage.īy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN/Money Senior Writer If you've ever read a news story about a sucker getting taken and wondered how he could have fallen for that, you need to read this book before an honest-faced stranger offers you a deal too good to pass up. You'll find out why a good scam artist rarely gets caught and, if he does, how he gets away with the lightest punishment or no punishment at all. You'll learn the mechanics behind famous swindles such as the pigeon drop, the Jamaican switch, bank-examiner schemes, three-card monte and even fortune-telling. Marlock, a retired cop and chairman of the board for the international law enforcement organization Professionals Against Confidence Crime, takes the reader into the mind and greedy heart of the con man. In this entertaining and eye-opening book, Dennis M. And if the job is done right, the fool doesn't even realize it's happened until the wily con artist has moved on to the next victim or the next town. A fool and his money are soon parted, so the saying goes.

How To Become A Professional Con Artist by Dennis M. Marlock