The English Wikipedia article on the confidence trick, consulted for William Thompson's 1849 arrest and the coining of the term Confidence Man, for the Consumer, Retail and Confidence Fraud group.
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick
Source TypeEncyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
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Confidence Trick (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)
This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Groups, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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