Ed "Big Ed" Burns

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Edward "Big Ed" Burns, was an American 19th century confidence man and crime boss. He was known to be in Tombstone, Arizona, during the time of Wyatt Earp. He was boss of a gang in Leadville, Colorado. In Denver, Colorado he joined up with the Soapy Smith gang.


Confidence tricks
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Terminology

Confidence trick • Mark • Shill • Sucker list •

Notable Confidence Tricks

Badger game • Black money scam • Bogus escrow • Booster bag scam • Clip joint • Drop Swindle • Embarrassing cheque • Employment scams • Hustling • Penny and Dime Scam • Pig in a poke • Pigeon drop • Reloading scam • Shell game • Slavery Reparation Scam • Spanish Prisoner • Thai gem scam • Three-card Monte • White van speakers •

Internet Scams

Advance fee fraud • Bidding fee scheme • Click fraud • CyberThrill • Domain slamming • E-mail authentication • E-mail fraud • El Gordo de la Primitiva Lottery International Promotions Programmes • Employment scams • Grapefruit seed extract • Internet crime • Internet vigilantism • Lottery scam • PayPaI • Phishing • Referer spoofing • Ripoff Report • Rock Phish • Romance scam • Safernet • Scam baiting • Spear phishing • Spoofed URL • Spoofing attack • Stock Generation • Username theft • Web-cramming • Whitemail •

Pyramid Schemes

Ponzi scheme • Pyramid scheme • Dona Branca • Caritas • Charles Ponzi • Bernard Cornfeld • Foundation for New Era Philanthropy • High Yield Investment Program • Investors Overseas Service • MMM • Make money fast • Reed Slatkin •

Notable con artists

Frank Abagnale • Storme Aerison • Philip Arnold • Nicky Arnstein • Lou Blonger • Ed "Big Ed" Burns • David "Race" Bannon • Tino De Angelis • Louis Enricht • Billie Sol Estes • Arthur Ferguson • Peter Foster • Oscar Hartzell • Kenny Kimes • Sante Kimes • Henri Lemoine • Victor Lustig • Gregor MacGregor • Steven Jay Russell • Soapy Smith • Titanic Thompson • William Thompson • Joseph Weil • Fictional con artists
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