I will quote one example: "Sometimes another form of confidence trick is adopted, which is invariably successful.

The particular pigeon is spotted, and, his acquaintance having been made, he is encouraged in every form of vice.

When the friendship is thoroughly established, the swindler remarks to the young man that he has a brother who has asked him to lend him Rs.10,000.

The swindler says he has the money and would lend it; but, as the borrower is his brother, he cannot charge interest.

So he proposes that he should hand the dupe the money, and the latter should lend it to the swindler's brother, exacting a heavy pre-payment of interest which, it is pointed out, they may equally enjoy in dissipation.