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confidence trick
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Such scams, known by names such as the '419 fraud' and the 'advance free fraud', are basically confidence tricks triggered by a victim's greed, say police officers.
The Mercury revealed last summer how Cronin tried to romance unsuspecting Midland women, and ripped off pensioners in the region with cruel confidence tricks.
Reports of 'soaring growth'; at 'record high' levels turn out to be confidence tricks on the part of business people, and dependent on a lower rand rate.
 
 
 
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