27 October, 2008

Confidence man

Bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme, or swindle. It's all the same.

I haven't been across this man while traveling in South America, but had a similar experience years ago when I ran into a woman who told me a similar sob story in Santa Monica, California and on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

2 comments:

Baino said...

Don't you love Lonely Planet . . best travel information in a book or on a forum!

TCL said...

I LOVE Lonely Planet!