The switch[1] is a type of confidence trick designed to obtain money from a victim by exchanging a phoney package or bundle for the package containing the money.
This trick requires two con artists.
The switch has six steps: This con is occasionally seen in film and television.
It was used in the opening sequence of the 1973 film The Sting and in the first season (2004) of the BBC One television series Hustle.
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