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Con Man or conman may refer to: * Confidence man, a practitioner of confidence trick A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity, naivety, compassion, vanity, confidence, irrespons ...s * ''Con Man'' (film), an American crime drama film based on the life of Barry Minkow * ''Con Man'' (web series), an American comedy web series created by Alan Tudyk * ''Freelance'' (1971 film) (''Con Man'' in the United States), a 1971 British thriller film starring Ian McShane * Rob Conway (nicknamed "The Con Man"), an American professional wrestler * '' The Conman'', a 1998 Hong Kong action comedy film See also * Confidence man (other) * Con artist (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confidence Trick
A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity, naivety, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ... intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators ('con men') at the expense of their victims (the ' marks')". Terminology Other terms for "scam" include confidence trick, con, con game, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, stratagem, finesse, grift, hustle, bunko, bunco, swindle, flimflam, gaffle, and bamboozle. The perpetrator is often referred to as a scammer, confidence man, con man, con artist, grifter, hustler, or swindler. The intended victims are known as marks, suckers, stooges, mugs, rubes, or gulls (from the word ''gullible''). When accomplices are e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Con Man (film)
''Con Man'' is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by Bruce Caulk and starring James Caan, Ving Rhames, Justin Baldoni, Elisabeth Röhm, Mark Hamill, Talia Shire and Armand Assante. It is based on the real-life story of Barry Minkow, who also appears in the film. Plot In 1982, 16-year-old Barry Minkow is an ambitious high school student in Reseda, working at a gym and a carpet-cleaning business. He obtains steroids from a gym member named Victor, who gives him a loan to open his own carpet-cleaning business, “ZZZZ Best”. As a teenage entrepreneur, Barry revels in the attention from his classmates and the local news, until his bank realizes he is a minor and cancels his accounts. Desperate to stay in business, he steals money orders to pay his debt to Victor, and convinces another bank to give him an account. After expenses like a new sports car and expanding the still-struggling company, Barry resorts to check kiting, forging credit card statements, and stages an of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Con Man (web Series)
''Con Man'' is an American comedy web series created, written, directed by, and starring Alan Tudyk. The series follows cult science fiction actor Wray Nerely (Tudyk), as he tours the fan convention, convention circuit. Tudyk, one of the stars of the 2002 science fiction TV show ''Firefly (TV series), Firefly'', based ''Con Man'' loosely upon his own experiences. The series is co-produced by PJ Haarsma and by Nathan Fillion, who also co-stars in it. Crowdfunded through Indiegogo, ''Con Man'' set records for crowdfunding a web series by raising more than $1 million in 24 hours and more than $3.1 million overall. The series premiered on September 30, 2015, on Vimeo, with the first season consisting of 13 episodes. The second season premiered on December 8, 2016 on Comic-Con HQ, Comic-Con's subscription streaming video service and consisted of 12 episodes. In 2017, the series was acquired by Syfy and had its television debut on September 9, 2017, where the episodes were combined to pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freelance (1971 Film)
''Freelance'' (US title: ''Con Man'') is a 1971 British thriller film directed by Francis Megahy and starring Ian McShane. It was written by Megahy and Bernie Cooper. It was not released in England until 1976. A con artist witnesses an assassination. Plot Mitch is a small-time London con-artist. When he witnesses a gangland hit, he is forced to lie low while trying to carry out his own various schemes. Cast * Ian McShane as Mitch * Gayle Hunnicutt as Chris * Keith Barron as Gary * Alan Lake as Dean * Peter Gilmore as Boss * Luan Peters as Rosemary * Peter Birrel as Jeff * Elizabeth Proud as Gwen * Charles Hyatt as McNair * John Hollis as Hartley Production Filming began in London in October 1969. It was Ian MacShane's fourth lead role of the year, following '' Tam-Lin'' (1970), ''Battle of Britain (1969)'', and '' Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You'' (1970). Reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Conway
Robert Thomas Conway Jr. (born November 28, 1972), is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Conway is also known for his work with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a former two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He is also a seven-time Tag Team Champion, becoming a three-time World Tag Team Champion with Sylvain Grenier as part of La Resistance in the WWE and four-time NWA World Tag Team Champion once as part of The IronGodz with Jax Dane and three-times as part of The Iron Empire with Matt Riviera in the NWA. He is currently the only wrestler to have held the NWA World Heavyweight and NWA World Tag Team Championships simultaneously. Professional wrestling career Ohio Valley Wrestling (1997–2000) Rob Conway began his career in Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW) and Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), teaming with Nick Dinsmore under the names Limited Edition (MCW), the Borkcin Brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
