''Con'' is a

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in which con artist

Skyler Stone Skyler Joseph Clipner, professionally known as Skyler Stone (born January 1, 1979) is an American actor who starred in '' Con'' which ran on Comedy Central for two months in the spring of 2005. Early life and education Stone was born in St. Louis, ...

revealed the secrets of his profession by performing confidence tricks, scams, and

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es of various degrees of complexity on camera. These could range from simply claiming that an order for food was botched, to claiming to be a certain profession, which required training (received through cons). In one episode Stone showed how he received free

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s at

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restaurants by retaining paper cups from various fast food restaurants and then refilling them at soda fountains. Most of his cons revolved around him claiming that he is filming a television show or movie of some sort, and that the product or service he wished to acquire would be advertised in the film or show. The products did wind up getting free advertisement – but on ''Con'', not where they were told.

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