Word: conning
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...past week, several crimes came to the attention of the Harvard community. A series of thefts at the Peabody Terrace garage left nine automobiles damaged. Harvard police issued a warning to the community about con artists bilking people in Harvard Square. A television was stolen from the Greenough Common Room. A financial officer of Harvard Magazine pled guilty to embezzling $190,000 from the magazine over six years...
...easy to say that Harvard students are an intelligent bunch of people who would take appropriate measures to minimize crime, but we aren't always as smart as we should be with regard to this issue. While none of the recent swindlers in the Square successfully victimized Harvard students, con men employing the same tactic were able to prey on several students...
Square-strollers beware: The Harvard police issued a warning yesterday to all members of the University community about con artists who may try to swindle you out of thousands of dollars...
...what police call one of the oldest con games in history, one con artist typically approaches a person on the street and tells him or her that he has found a wallet full of cash and checks...
Criminals employing this same con game preyed on several Asian-American female Harvard students in April 1993. Two suspects were arrested in connection with those scams, and police say they do not know if there is a connection between the 1993 crimes and the recent incidents...