Reading Con Men and Cutpurses_ Scenes From the Hogarthian Underworld | Alexandria
Read Con Men and Cutpurses_ Scenes From the Hogarthian Underworld by Lucy Moore. Exposing London's criminal underbelly reveals how 18th-century con artists used surprisingly modern tactics - from identity theft to pyramid schemes. Moore's vivid account shows today's scams aren't new; they're just digitized versions of centuries-old deceptions. Most striking? The era's most successful fraudsters were respected members of high society, not street criminals.