By Joe DeMarco, Jay,N.Y.
Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 | 2 a.m.
In case youre not familiar with the word, grift occurs when someone obtains money or property in a way that abuses trust, like in a confidence game. A grifter is a con artist with a skill set practiced to swindle people out of money through misdirection, misinformation and fraud. Often the suckers so strongly believe the grift that they willingly give their money, even insisting that the con artist accept their money.
Here are some signs of a big-timer grifter: fast-talking; making lots of money sound like nothing; mentioning repeatedly his own success, even when the grifter has a history of failures; dropping the names of Fortune 500 companies and rich tech founders; pretending to be confident; overusing social media; controlling some elements of the press (like Fox News, OAN and NewsMax); making promises but not keeping them, and changing the subject; painting a group of others as a mutual enemy and demonizing them; misleading people.
Do you know anyone like this?
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