it is a variant of "the fiddle game", or "the glim dropper". They are standard conman tricks from back in the day. All work on the principle: "you can't con an

it is a variant of "the fiddle game", or "the glim dropper". They are standard conman tricks from back in the day. All work on the principle: "you can't con an honest man". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_confidence_tricks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_confidence_tricks