dotpaw podcast - Grifters -

A grifter is a con artist: someone who swindles people out of money through fraud.
If there's one type of person you don't want to trust, it's a grifter: someone who cheats others out of money. Grifters are also known as chiselers, defrauders, gougers, scammers, swindlers, and flim-flam men.

https://historycollection.com/believe-bridge-sell-5-greatest-schemes-time/
https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/6-incredible-scammer-and-grifter-stories.html

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/g23100748/fakers-forgers-and-grifters/

https://www.biography.com/con-artists

https://www.historynet.com/hummel-and-howe-the-grifters-grifters/

https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/shill

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/653507/wildest-cons-history