Review of “Diddling” (1843)
Edgar Allan Poe (writer).
Read in 2022.
Scamming people for money.
Prefer “The Business Man” (1840), which also includes scams but is a story and ridicules the scammer, unlike this mere list.
References here: “The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade” (1845), Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006).