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Con game




  A con game is an attempt to defraud someone by gaining their confidence. Con people exploit elements of the psyche; greed, vanity, compassion, irresponsibility, naivete, using honesty and dishonesty. They try to get something valuable for nothing or for something far less valuable. Con people have victimized people from all walks of life.



  Just as there is no one profile for swindlers, neither is one for victims. Victims of high-yield investment frauds might show more greed than caution. Not all fraud victims are greedy, risk-taking or self-deceptive, looking to make a quick dollar. Nor are they all naive, uneducated and elderly.



  A malignant narcissist gets higher levels of gratification from accomplishments over time. These individuals worsen in impulse controls and desires, over time.



  Otto Kernberg describes the narcissim a syndrome exhibiting antisocial features, paranoid traits and aggressive behavior, consistent with their personality. Other symptoms are an absence of conscience, a psychological need for power and a grandiose sense of importance. Pollock adds demonstration of joyful cruelty and sadism.



  In vignettes found in The Mask of Sanity, Hervey Cleckly, Md. describes typical psychopathic behavior; the ability to tell vivid, plausible life-like stories that are complete fabrications without a flinch of delusion. When confronted with a lie, the psychopath is unbothered and can, often, effortlessly pass it off as a joke. In another case, the psychopath is hospitalized, but because of his trouble-making antics, is turned over to the police, leaving the hospital in an uproar. The police get sick of his repeated tricks and try to push him back to the hospital.





  Robert D. Hare describes psychopaths as 'intraspecies predators' who use charm, manipulation, intimidation, sex and violence to control others and to satisfy their own selfish needs. Lacking in conscience and empathy, they take what they want, do what they please, violate social norms and expectations without guilt or remorse. All that is missing are the life qualities to live in social harmony.





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