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== Anime and Manga ==
* Nabiki Tendo from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' survives by taking advantage of people who would never actually attack her and being a [[Manipulative Bastard|expert actress]]. Her
* {{spoiler|Kyubey}} from ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' follows shades of this. If people are willing to {{spoiler|make a contract without reading the fine-print, as it were}}, why on earth would he say no? It's not his fault that {{spoiler|the fine print [[You Didn't Ask]] about says that you'll turn into a [[Our Liches Are Different|Lich]] when the contract is made, and that you'll [[And Then John Was a Zombie|eventually turn into]] [[Eldritch Abomination|a witch]].}}
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** Moist von Lipwig from ''[[Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]'' starts out as one of these, but when confronted by one of the innocent victims of his scams he decides to stick with government service. He still misses the ''excitement'' of the con in ''[[Making Money]]'', but not the actual taking advantage of people.
** And Lipwig's antagonists, Reacher Gilt in ''[[Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]'' and Cribbins in ''[[Making Money]]''. Unlike him, they never stopped.
** The Amazing Maurice in ''[[The Amazing Maurice and
** Professor Monty Bladder, [[The Ghost|mentioned]] in ''[[A Hat Full of Sky]]'', appears to be one, since the advertisement for his Three Ring Circus declares "See The Egress!" He had a man with a dictionary standing by to prove people had got exactly what they paid for.
*** This one was actually done by P.T. Barnum in real life as well.
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