Con artist


 * "Quark is a thief, a con man, nobody you want to know..."
 * - Odo

A con artist or confidence man was a person who gained another's confidence through trickery, then exploited that trust for his or her own gain. This was a form of fraud.

Harry Mudd was a notorious con artist in the late 23rd century. 

A female con artist attempted to trick the inhabitants of Ventax II into believing that she was Ardra, an equivalent of the devil. 

Picard once referred to Q as a "flim flam man". Worf, however, did not understand the term. 

Quark told Odo that he would have every confidence man aboard Deep Space 9 by the next day after he heard that Odo was temporarily relieved from duty. 

Martus Mazur was an El-Aurian con artist who used his natural powers to con a variety of people on Deep Space 9 in 2370, including Alsia and Roana. Quark saw past his charms and realized he was a con artist. 

Odo's official report on Quark described the Ferengi as "a self-important con artist who's nowhere near as clever as he thinks he is."

Dala, Mobar, and Zar were con artists who impersonated Captain Kathryn Janeway, Lieutenant Commander Tuvok, and Commander Chakotay, respectively, in a string of fly-by-night scams.