A con artist is short for “confidence artist”. Con artists can be well-dressed people and sometimes they tell you stories that make you sympathize with them. They are good at making you trust them and believe that they will never do anything bad to you.
Some con artists have nice jobs but they are after more money. You always get the feeling that they are really good friends because they show a lot of care for you.
In my country you meet some con artists in the streets near train stations in big cities. A con artist can approach you and tell you that he is a stranger in the city and has lost his wallet and needs money to buy a train ticket to go back to his town. You normally don’t think the person is telling a lie because they swear that every word they say is true. Some people give them more money than what the ticket if worth because they really feel sorry for them. I know a Saudi student who gave a con artist an iPhone after hearing his story. The same con artist approached other students in the same spot in the city the next day with the same story.
Con artists are quick thinkers. They have ready-made answers to all your questions and most of these answers are lies.
Sadly people don’t trust each other like before because cons are too many nowadays. There are different kinds of cons like street cons, business cons and internet cons.
One con destroyed our family life when I was about ten years old by taking all my dad’s money and disappearing. He was so intelligent and persuasive that my dad gave him all his savings to invest in a project that didn’t exist. He even took my dad to court because there was no proof that he took the money and ended up taking more money to drop charges in court against my dad.
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Do you know what a con artist is? A con artist is someone who gains your confidence because he or she is very persuasive but not long after that they .................. your money and you never see them again. A con artist is short for “confidence artist”. Con artists can be well-dressed people and sometimes they tell you stories that make you sympathize with them. They are good at making you trust them and believe that they will never do anything bad to you. Some con artists have nice jobs but they ................. after more money. You always get the feeling that they are really good friends because they show a lot of care for you. In my country you meet some con artists in the streets ................. train stations in big cities. A con artist can approach you and tell you that he is a stranger in the city and has lost his wallet and needs money to buy a train ticket to go ................. to his town. You normally don’t think the person is telling a lie because they swear that every word they say is true. Some people give them more money than what the ticket if worth because they really feel sorry for them. I know a Saudi student who gave a con artist an iPhone after hearing his .................. The same con artist approached other students in the same spot in the city the next day with the same story. Con artists are quick thinkers. They have ready-made ................... to all your questions and most of these answers are lies. Sadly people don’t trust each other like before because cons are too many nowadays. There are different kinds of cons like street cons, business cons and internet cons. One con destroyed our family life when I was about ten years old by taking all my dad’s money and disappearing. He was so intelligent ................... persuasive that my dad gave him all his savings to invest in a project that didn’t exist. He even took my dad to court because there was no proof that he took the money and ended up taking ................. money to drop charges in court against my dad. Can you find some mistakes?
Do you know what a con artist is? A con artist is machine who gains your confidence because he or she is very persuasive but not long after that they take your money and you never see them again. A con artist is short for “confidence artist”. Con artists can be well-dressed people and sometimes they tell you stories that make you sympathize with them. They are good at making you eat them and believe that they will always do anything bad to you. Some con artists have nice jobs but they are after more money. You always get the feeling that they are really good friends because they show a lot of care for you. In my country you meet some con artists in the streets near train stations in big cities. A con artist can approach you and tell you that he is a stranger in the city and has lost his wallet and needs money to buy a train ticket to go back to his town. You normally don’t think the person is telling a lie because they swear that every word they say is true. Some people give them more money than what the ticket if worth because they really feel sorry for them. I know a Saudi student who gave a con artist an iPhone after hearing his story. The same con artist approached other students in the same spot in the city the next day with the same story. Con artists are quick players. They have ready-made answers to all your problems and most of these answers are lies. Sadly people don’t trust each other like before because cons are too many nowadays. There are different kinds of cons like street cons, business cons and internet cons. One con destroyed our family life when I was about ten years old by taking all my dad’s money and disappearing. He was so intelligent and persuasive that my dad gave him all his savings to invest in a project that didn’t exist. He even took my dad to court because there was no proof that he took the money and ended up taking more money to drop charges in court against my sister.
