A classic textbook containing numerous swindles for those who desire to take down and rope the public! It is unique in that it has the only written description of the coin purse swindle – complete with photographs. Many of these cons are being used today, some with minor changes and some exactly as they were played when Rich Uncle was written. There are monte mobs working today in the same manner they worked a hundred years ago.
published 1911 by The Exchange Press, Melbourne; later reprinted by Gamblers Book Club, Nevada; 64 pages
Table of Contents
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Foreword
Rich Uncle from Fiji Yarn
The Wood Hawker
"Oh, What A Beautiful Voice!"
"The Bouncer"
The Bon Bon Swindle
The Cheap Jack
"The Faker"
Some "Heads" and a Little Fight
"The Dropper"
The Ticket Snatcher
A Hint to Business Men
"The Whisperer"
The Bonanza
Yankee Sweat
The Ancient Ped Relates
Thimble Rigging
The Three Broads
The Pogue Player
The "Straight" Pogue
The "Ring" (Changed) Pogue
Jinking
Ringing the Changes
Ringing the Changes (Another System)
The Bold Bad Baron
