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People purchase them because they think the value will appreciate “so obviously the confidence game will only work as long as people keep buying.”

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It’s a confidence game, and you will lose money.

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But if the banking business is ultimately a confidence game, the game ended quickly.

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The British psychological thriller follows the emboldened woman down the rabbit hole of false identities and confidence games.

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“This was really an ageless, classic confidence game that has played out over modern social media,” Assistant U.S.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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