the.com/con artist
someone who steals your money and your trust, then sells you back the trust.
means a person who deceives others out of money or valuables through manipulation, not force.
from from confidence man, coined mid-1800s new york after samuel thompson asked strangers to trust him with their watches overnight — the trick was never the object, it was the word confidence.
first termconfidence man, 1849, new york city
real weapontrust, not violence or stealth
favorite targetsthe greedy and the lonely, oddly equally