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a con so confident you almost thank it for the lesson.
means A dishonest scheme designed to cheat people out of money or trust, usually dressed up as a good deal.
from A 19th-century slang word of uncertain origin — it surfaces in English without a clear pedigree, possibly tied to old dialect 'scamp,' meaning a swindler or rogue who roamed about cheating folks. The trail genuinely goes cold, which is fitting for a word about people who'd rather you didn't look too closely.
word originCarnival slang from the 1960s, parent of scammer
oldest trickSpanish Prisoner con dates to the 1580s
419 numberNigerian fraud named after a penal code
sunk costvictims pay more believing they're almost there
yearly tollglobal scams steal over a trillion dollars