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		oh_sigh on April 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Scams Worked in the 1800s Horse trading, as reinterpreted by the streets "Can't con an honest john": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTB929OoqI4

JacobAldridge on April 11, 2016 [–]

As they say in the excellent British series Hustle, the art of the Con is finding someone who wants something for nothing, and selling them nothing for something.

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