The Modern Con Man: How to Get Something for Nothing

By Todd Robbins

Book Overview

Whether it's winning $50 on a bar bet, scoring seats closer to the fifty-yard line, or finagling a free meal, The Modern Con Man ensures that aspiring low-risk grifters will always come out on top.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159691453X
• ISBN13: 9781596914537
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Fun

I really enjoyed this book there was some really interesting history as well as some fun tricks to play on your friends or an unsuspecting stranger. As for making money off this as long as your not betting with the wrong person or for stakes that are too high you probably will leave the bar etc...with your fingers intact. And remember, always buy the loser a drink or beer afterward, it spreads goodwill and you just might be able to hustle them again!

To con or not

From the intro to the end you will find something to smile about. This is a handbook for all those wanting to know secrets of the con. Each page is filled with info, cons, bar bets and just about everything the modern con man must know. Its like Con man 101. A fun read, informative, and one can't wait to try out the very very funny bar bets. You will never have to pay for a drink again.

an awfully fun read

This book is slick, stylish and very naughty. I read "The Modern Con Man" for fun, and it is fun. That doesn't mean I'm above using some of these cons to see if they work. In fact, I already have. I used one last week when staying in a hotel on a business trip, and when I made my way to the hotel lounge, my drinks were on the house. This book is more than fun, it pays for itself!

Finally, the Real Work...

Finally, a real book for real con-men. Most of these kinds of books are written jokingly, not this one. Inside MODERN CON MAN you will find some very useful information, and even more between the lines.I have about 6000 books on magic and another 1500 of what are commanly refered to in the underground as "crook books". MODERN CON MAN falls into the later catagory and I'm proud to ad it to the collection.If you're a con artist or would like to become one, get yourelf a copy of MODERN CON MAN. And don't just look at it as buying another book, look at it as an investment in your education (I've got a few more for you if you're serious, too).MODERN CON MAN is a book that will pay for itself many times over if you use the information. Con men love greedy people and the information in this book will show you how to exploit the greedy person's nature to it's fullest.I've found the best way to con someone is to make the victim think he's on the inside with you. Explain to him how you and he will con this third party. Then after the fact he's too scared to go to the police because he is a "conspirator" and would get arrested right along with you.Fear, lust, greed, and sympathy; these are the tools of the con artists trade. I have learned some of the best kept secrets in books on sales and selling.But I'm getting off track here. In addition to MODERN CON MAN by Todd Robbins here are a handfull of other books for you to study and learn the tricks of the trade:THE BIG CON by David Maurer. This one is sill in print because it's so good. Bruce Geller used it as a textbook to write all of the old Mission Impossible television shows back in the '60s. It was originally published in 1940 but the information is just as valuable today as it was back then, just use your imagination to hatch new schemes from the ideas presented here.HOW TO CHEAT AT EVERYTHING by Simon Lovell. This is the con artists bible. If ever there was a book that contained "every-trick-in-the-book" this would be it. So much information your head will explode with possibilities.HOW TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL CON ARTIST by Dennis Marlock. Just what the title implies. This book is published by a company called Paladin Press in Boulder, Colorado [...] Get a copy of their catalog, it has dozens and dozens of books for the aspiring con artist. They just published one this month on how to become a televangelist and all the tricks of the trade for taking your congregation to the cleaners.And remember kids, in crime nothing succeeds like originality. So take the information you learn in these books and twist these schemes into something new and original that they never see coming.MODERN CON MAN by Todd Robbins is a great place to start. And if someone you con ever comes unglued and tries to start trouble, use this ruse: Explain to him that now that he knows how the scheme works he can now go out and perpetrate it on someone else. Explain to him how you haven't really conned him, you've p

It's Only A Little Wicked

THis latest book by Todd Robbins can earn you a living..if you have the guts to do it.However,if you'd rather just take it slow and easy Todd shows you dozens of ways you can bamboozle,baffle and BS your friends and acquaintances and garner yourself a free beer, coffee, meal or whatever.You'll find it fun and educational and can rest assured you will never suffer from the dreaded 'Cenosillicaphobia'.Additionally, you will never be made to feel gullible again (by the way..did you know the word gullible isn't even in the dictionary?) I'm a collector of books about con artists, scams, schemes and scoundrels and this book ranks very high on my list. I'll bet you a buck you'll will find this book enjoyable if you enjoy this kind of book..Have fun.