A confidence man is a practitioner of
confidence trick
A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers ha ...
s.
Confidence Man may also refer to:
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"Confidence Man" (''Lost''), episode of television series
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''Confidence Man'' (album), by Matt Pryor
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''The Confidence Man'' (film), 1924 silent film directed by Victor Heerman
* ''
The Confidence-Man
''The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade'', first published in New York on April Fool's Day 1857, is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book was published on the exact day of the novel's setting.
Centered on the ...
'', novel by Herman Melville
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Confidence Man (band)
Confidence Man are an Australian indie electro pop band formed in 2016 in Brisbane, Queensland. They released their debut album ''Confident Music for Confident People'' in April 2018. The front-duo and their band members have been a part of man ...
, an indie pop band
* "The Confidence Man", January 26, 2018 episode of
''Dirty Money'' (2018 TV series)
* ''
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America'', a 2022 book about
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of ...
by
Maggie Haberman
Maggie Lindsy Haberman (born October 30, 1973) is an American journalist, a White House correspondent for ''The New York Times'', and a political analyst for CNN. She previously worked as a political reporter for the ''New York Post'', the Daily ...
See also
* ''The Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man'', a.k.a. ''
Confessions of Felix Krull
''Confessions of Felix Krull'' () is an unfinished 1954 novel by the Germany, German author Thomas Mann.
Synopsis
The novel is narrated by the protagonist, an impostor and adventurer named Felix Krull, the son of a ruined Rhineland winemaker. Fe ...
'', unfinished novel by Thomas Mann
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Con man (disambiguation)
A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers h ...
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