A Sucker Is Born Every Minute

摘要

When I was a kid, my dad gave me a $20 bill to play three-card monte while on a vacation in New York. For those not familiar with the game, you are lured into a sense of false confidence that you can find the queen of hearts while three cards are being thrown around a table (a type of shell game). The con man always ends up taking your money. What is fascinating is that, though this scam has been around for at least 600 years, it never lacks finding a "sucker" to part with his money.