Scamming

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Scamming has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Diary Of A CEO (Sep 2026). Scamming is mentioned as a negative path Drew briefly considered before fully committing to comedy.

A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity, naivety, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ... intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators at the expense of their victims ".