The crew is made up of four unique characters: Jet Black, a former ISSP police officer who retired following a mob hit that cost him his arm, Spike Spiegel, a laid-back exiled hitman of the ruthless Red Dragons ' Syndicate, Faye Valentine, a beautiful amnesiac con artist who awakened into the future world after a lengthy period of cryogenic hibernation, and Radical Edward, a hyperactive and barefooted preteen girl with a reputation as a prolific computer hacker.

Jacob M. Appel's widely anthologized short story, A Comparative Seismology, features a con artist who convinces an elderly woman that an apocalyptic earthquake is imminent.

One such example is a high school dropout and would-be con artist named Wilford Wiggins who spends time trying to dream up schemes to fleece kids out of their money.

Some derided Kemp for his compromise and referred to him as a " con artist ".

He comes under the tutelage of Dustin Hoffman's Ratso Rizzo, a tubercular petty thief and con artist.

Unlike in most other portrayals, Hackman's Luthor appears to view Superman as a respectable and challenging foe rather than a subject of intense hatred and is portrayed as somewhat light and comical, resembling a fast talking con artist more than a criminal mastermind ; often attempting to talk his way out of trouble.

Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi, ( March 3, 1882 – January 18, 1949 ), commonly known as Charles Ponzi, was an Italian businessman and con artist in the U. S. and Canada.

Such people, who may be real but impersonated people or fictitious characters played by the con artist, could include, for example, the wife or son of a deposed African or Indonesian leader or dictator who has amassed a stolen fortune, or a bank employee who knows of a terminally ill wealthy person with no relatives or a wealthy foreigner who deposited money in the bank just before dying in a plane crash ( leaving no will or known next of kin ), a US soldier who has stumbled upon a hidden cache of gold in Iraq, a business being audited by the government, a disgruntled worker or corrupt government official who has embezzled funds, a refugee, and similar characters.

Some victims believe that they can cheat the con artist.

In many cases however, it is simply a means for the con artist to further lure the victim into the scam.

Or the con artist finds a property, pretends to be the owner, lists it online, and communicates with the would-be renter and to take a cash deposit.

The con artist approaches the victim on an online dating service, an Instant messenger, or a social networking site.

In a newer version of the scam, the con artist claims to have ' information ' about the fidelity of a person's significant other, which they will share for a fee.

Victor Lustig ( January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947 ) was a con artist who undertook scams in various countries and became best known as " The man who sold the Eiffel Tower.

In 1925, France had recovered from World War I, and Paris was booming, an excellent environment for a con artist.

The essential idea is that a " con artist " Mr. X, makes only one payment.

* Matt the Knife, American born con artist, card cheat and pickpocket who, from the ages of approximately 14 through 21, bilked dozens of casinos, corporations and at least one Mafia crime family out of untold sums.

* David Hampton — U. S. con artist

The title phrase refers to the moment when a con artist finishes the " play " and takes the mark's money.

In 2001, she appeared in the comedy Heartbreakers playing the lead role of a con artist alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Gene Hackman and Anne Bancroft.

In issue # 37, Moore formally introduced the character of John Constantine as a magician / con artist who would lead Swamp Thing on the American Gothic storyline.

* William Chaloner – Currency counterfeiter and con artist

At the time of the Hand of Thrawn incident, the high-ranking Moff Disra employed a con artist known as Flim to impersonate Grand Admiral Thrawn.

Jean Harrington ( Barbara Stanwyck ) is a beautiful con artist.

The Presto Ma non assai of the first trio of the scherzo is taken literally and may shock you, as the real Allegro con Spirito of the finale is likely to bring you to your feet.

Similarly the Heads of government of ( con ) federal entities below the level of the sovereign state ( often without an actual Head of state, at least under international law ) may also be given an official residence, sometimes used as an opportunity to display its aspirations of statehood.

He or she may move intervals up or down the octave ( or omit them entirely ), double certain passages with other instruments in the orchestra, add percussion instruments to provide colour, and add Italian performance marks ( e. g. Allegro con brio, Adagio, ritardando, dolce, staccato, etc .).

Victims of investment scams tend to show an incautious level of greed and gullibility, and many con artists target the elderly, but even alert and educated people may be taken in by other forms of confidence trick.

Hot dogs may be served plain, but are commonly served with a variety of condiments, including ketchup, mustard, chile con carne, pickle relish, sauerkraut, onion, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and chili peppers.

Arthur Furguson ( 1883 – 1938 ) was ( or may have been ) a Scottish con artist who allegedly became known for " selling " English national monuments and other government property to visiting American tourists during the 1920s.

The latter group may escape to such categorization based on a more " European " Caucasian appearance or a wealthier social status (" cholo con plata ").

As discovered in " Wheels of Fortune " ( 2002 ), Lilith has an adoptive brother Blaine ( Michael Keaton ), who may have been a con artist and whom Frasier despises over the years.

Note that a single person may hold more than one of these positions, and even different positions, pro and con, for different kinds of pornography, simultaneously.

These backlogs and delays may lead to a lack of justice for victims, the report notes, and “ in worst-case scenarios … lead to additional victimization by serial offenders or the incarceration of people wrongly con ­ victed of a crime .” Findings include: 1 ) As an indicator of how widespread this problem has become, “ 18 percent of unsolved alleged sexual assaults that occurred from 2002 to 2007 contained forensic evidence that was still in police custody ( not submitted to a crime lab for analysis )"; 2 ) One major challenge is that 43 % of law enforcement agencies “ do not have a computerized system for tracking forensic evidence, either in their inventory or after it is sent to the crime lab "; 3 ) On average, 50 – 60 % of kits test positive for biological material that does not belong to the victim ; 4 ) Survey responses indicated that there may be some misunderstanding of the value of biological evidence.

The suspense at the end of the famous Grave introduction is created, as is often the case with Solomon, by a scrupulous adherence to the text and whilst others may be more storming and indeed rampant in the following Allegro di molto e con brio few could rival Solomon's overall command.

Indeed, the collective effort invested in this ragged mongrel of a coming-of-age story may con even the most jaded moviegoer into thinking there's something profound being put forth.

What may make problematization different from other forms of criticism is its target, the context and details, rather than the pro or con of an argument.

His conservative tendencies grew more pronounced with time, and his Polémicas con la Democracia ( 1862 ) may be taken as the definitive expression of his political opinions.

They are planning to marry in October 2004, and she indicates, when she suggests having a small wedding with only Locke's father and her parents present, that Locke's father may not be the cruel con artist they know him as before.

It is fair to say that over the years Zenon has led a life of deceit and trickery but he now uses his knowledge to expose hustlers and scam / con artists, particularly those who claim to have ' psychic ' and ' paranormal ' powers.

Sleight-of-hand techniques can also be used to cheat in gambling games, in street con games such as the three-shell game, or three-card monte to steal, or, in some cases, to claim supernatural powers, as in the performances of some 19th-and early 20th-century spirit

* Robin Steel ( voiced by Len Carlson ): A weasel and a sleazy con artist who along with his son Rod set up bogus races which are fixed to allow them to claim the prize money.

PhreakNIC currently holds claim as the oldest regional hacker con and is one of the few hacker cons run by a 501 ( c )( 3 ) tax-free charity.

A 2009 article in Columbia Journalism Review discussed the way Stolen Valor exposed the media's gullibility in covering con artists who claim battlefield heroics or atrocities.