Leverage Con Names

glen-reeder:

This a list of all the cons/scams/grifts that the Leverage team names during the show. Included is everything from a small one-on-one interaction between a grifter and a mark (eg. Little Orphan Annie) to full blown multilevel integrated cons (eg. The White Rabbit). If it had a name, it’s here.

If it has a black star beside it, it has a canon explanation or demonstration (eg. The Moonwalking Bear). If it has a white star, there were hints or comparisons made about it (eg. The Apple Pie is “like the Cherry Pie, but with lifeguards”). If it’s hyperlinked, it’s a real life scam and the link is to Wikipedia. If it’s totally unmarked, then the name was mentioned but never elaborated upon and is a part of the team’s beautiful argot. 🙂

• The Lost Heir ★

• S1E3, S2E9 
• A Rip Deal ★

• S1E5
• The Spanish Prisoner Scam

  ☆

• [in reference to Irina’s adoption con]: “It’s just like the Spanish Prisoner Scam.”
• S1E6
• The London Spank 
• The Geneva Paso Doble
• The Apple Pie

  ☆

• “It’s like the Cherry Pie, but with lifeguards.”
• S1E9
• The Cherry Pie 
• Glengarry, Glen Death

  ★

• S1E9
• The Turnabout

  ★

• S2E1
• Ponzi Scheme
• The Mona Lisa Variant

  ★

• S2E7
• The Wire Game

  ★

• S2E11
• The Swedish Rail Con
• The Cairo Flyer

  ☆

• Sophie: “No way, I’m not wearing that dress again.”
• S3E5
• The Double-Blind

  ★

• S3E5
• A Fiddle Game

  ★

• S3E6, S3E10
• The Pill Scare

  ★

• S3E9
• The Berlin Shuffle
• Little Orphan Annie

  ★

• S3E9
• The Skagway Shuffle

  ★

• S3E10
• The Mummy’s Tiara

  ★

• S3E12
• The Vegas Wake-Up Call

  ☆

• Like the Cuban Sandwich except “the boyfriend shows up.”
• S3E13
• The Cuban Sandwich

  ★

• S3E13
• An Edward Albee

  ★

• S3E14
• The Spanish Turnabout

  ☆

• Sophie: “I’m thinking the Spanish Turnabout.”
• Parker: “Hmm, no, he’s not going to leave the country. The [Spanish] Turnabout pays off in an airport.”
• S3E16
• The Peking Watch
• The Moscow Circus

  ☆

• Sophie, to Nate: “I’m running the Moscow Circus con, you’re the ‘Ivan’. Go.”
• S4E1
• The Romanian Circus

  ☆

• Nate: “What [Sophie]’s doing is she’s running a variant. It’s called a Snipe Hunt. It’s the [Romanian] Circus, but it’s leaner and faster.”

• S4E5
• The Snipe Hunt

  ★

• S4E5
• The Roman Wedding

  ★

• S4E6
• The Peruvian Slide
• The Boca Backlash
• The Oklahoma Little Chucky
• The Chilean Custard
• The Moonwalking Bear

  ★

• S4E8
• The Big Store

  ★

• S4E8
• The MassDOT Special

  ★

• S4E9 (also in S3E7, but unnamed)
• The Wicked Stepsister
• The High Minne Scam Variant

  ★

• S4E15
• The Lazy Dachshund
• The Pizarro Pressure Point
• The Double-Pronged Monkey Con

  ★

• S4E16
• A Radio Play

  ★

• S4E17
• The Oligschlager Shuffle

  ★

• S5E2
• The Arkham Ascent

  ★

• S5E3
• The White Van Speakers

  ★

• S5E4
• The White Rabbit

  ★

• S5E12
• A Swap-and-Whisper Campaign

  ★

• S5E13
• The Trojan Horse

  ★

• S5E15