con artist

The two cross paths with a local tour guide/con artist, Rydal (Oscar Isaac), who takes a liking to them—in particular Colette.

Such was the case with [Frank] Abagnale [the notorious con artist who was the subject of the film Catch Me If You Can].

Fabulous lunatic Madame Blavatsky was a con artist, a mystic, and the founder of the Theosophist Society.