That book is quite hilarious. The ambiguity is sneaky too. Why the 17th century? Popular scams approximate type 7 and 2. ‘Enticement to gambling’ and ‘dropping the bag’ are just short of a legalized bank robbery.
Here are more fun picks noted in The Book of Swindles (1617).
Related (Confidence):
- The New Cheats of London Exposed (1792)
- The Confidence–Man: His Masquerade (1857)
- The Humbugs of the World (1866)
- Don Quixote (1605)
- The Swindler (1626)
- The Water Margin (1589)
- Plum in the Golden Vase (1610)
- Stories Old and New (1620)
Unrelated (History & Philosophy):
- Book of Changes
- Book of Documents
- The Analects
- The Records of the Grand Historian