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TheCon
19th Mar '21 9:44:08 PM
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Several subtropes of The Con have small amounts of wicks, and merging them with their supertrope has been suggested. Which ones should be merged with the supertrope? Vote up to merge with The Con, vote down to keep separate.Short Con: A con that takes place in a single encounter. Has 6 subtropes, 46 wicks, and 0 OPW.
The Roper: Someone who hooks the mark into the Tale of a con. Has 36 wicks and 6 OPW.
Big Store: A mock office building or other business, usually set up for a scam. Has 28 wicks and 36 OPW.
Quick Change: The conman tricks a cashier into giving too much change. Has 20 wicks and 23 OPW.
The Tale: The plot of a con. Has 12 subtropes, 65 wicks, and 0 OPW.
One Born Every Minute: A character befriends a con artist and falls for their scam. Has 28 wicks and 17 OPW.
Massive Multiplayer Scam: The description is buried under a long Example as a Thesis, but it appears to be to be about a con with many participants. Has 138 wicks and 64 OPW.
The Shill: A person whose role in a con is to encourage the mark to go ahead. Has 68 wicks and 22 OPW.
Pig in a Poke: A good that is far less valuable than what was advertised. Has 27 wicks and 16 OPW.
The Con Within a Con: A con where the hook is getting another conman to pull a con against a third party. Has 33 wicks and 11 OPW.
Beat Bag: A counterfeit of an illegal good. Has 50 wicks and 39 OPW.
Spanish Prisoner: The original version involves claiming to be a royal who has been imprisoned and demands money for bail; the 419 Scam is a common variant. Has 31 wicks and 13 OPW.
Real Estate Scam: Any scam involving real estate; the description does little to outline specific details. Has 88 wicks and 37 OPW.
Delayed Wire: A scam that claims to offer exclusive advance information. Has 21 wicks and 25 OPW.
Good for Bad: A scam that involves swapping a valuable good for a counterfeit. Has 20 wicks and 14 OPW.
The Mark: The intended victim of a con. Has 170 wicks and 19 OPW.
Landmark Sale: Claiming to sell a landmark. Has 58 wicks and 41 OPW.
Marrying the Mark: Entering a relationship with someone to pull a scam against them. Has 58 wicks and 54 OPW.
Scamming the Bereaved (formerly Bibles from the Dead): The conman contacts a family, allegedly on behalf of a recently deceased person. Has 20 wicks and 47 OPW.
The Fixer: Someone who assists the Con in setting up a con. Has 132 wicks and 26 OPW.
Hustling the Mark: A con involving a competition or game of some sort; has a warning on-page suggesting that there is a misuse problem. Has 73 wicks and 65 OPW.
Fake Charity: A scam that involves a fake charity. Has 84 wicks and 41 OPW.
419 Scam: The con claims to require assistance in obtaining a large sum of money that is rightfully theirs, often claiming to be a Nigerian prince. Has 188 wicks and 87 OPW.
Staged Pedestrian Accident (formerly Flopsy): The hustler pretends to be a victim of a pedestrian accident. Has 67 wicks and 56 OPW.
Insurance Fraud: Scamming an insurance company. Has 287 wicks and 104 OPW.
Ponzi: "[T]aking loans from multiple investors and paying them back with each other's money in order to procure much larger loans that the schemer can eventually embezzle". Has 178 wicks and 52 OPW.
Little Miss Con Artist: A child, usually female, who plays a conman or is involved in a con. Has 138 wicks and 49 OPW.
Roguish Romani: A person of Romani ethnicity who is a trickster. Has 116 wicks and 82 OPW.
False Prophet: Someone who falsely preaches a supposed prophecy. Has 79 wicks and 28 OPW.
White-Collar Crime: Non-violent, money driven crimes, typically committed by white-collar workers. Has 186 wicks and 45 OPW.
All-Natural Snake Oil: Touting a fraudulent good as "natural" or "organic". Has 173 wicks and 35 OPW.
Scam Religion: A fraudulent religion. Has 345 wicks and 91 OPW.
Monster Protection Racket: A villain launches a monster attack so that they can stop it. Has 197 wicks and 89 OPW.
Kansas City Shuffle: Getting the mark to figure out that they are being conned, but misleading them into thinking. Has 728 wicks and 166 OPW.
Get-Rich-Quick Scheme: A scam that promises easy money. Has 353 wicks and 51 OPW.
