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But losing your wife, your best friend and $2,000,000 isn't the worst of it. Six months later, after you've tried your hardest to forget the entire incident, you receive a letter in the mail. The only thing in the envelope is a photo of your wife, your best friend and a man in a police costume all enjoying themselves on a beach somewhere, with the briefcase containing the ransom money prominently displayed. The entire thing was a setup, down to the police car, and you fell for it hook, line and sinker.
You have just been the victim of a
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Compare [[Kansas City Shuffle]].
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** Mr. Perfect was a point man for another one just four years prior. He and [[Ric Flair]] orchestrated a plot to get the WWF Title back to Flair starting at Summerslam 92. [[Randy Savage]] and the [[Ultimate Warrior]] were both fan favorites, but also accused of selling out to Team Flair. Both Flair and Perfect liberally attacked both the challenger (Warrior) and the WWF Champion (Savage) during the match. Warrior won when Team Flair jumped the champion on the outside, but only by countout, meaning Savage was still the champion. Flair beat the Macho Man shortly after this to win the WWF title for the second time.
* This happened a ''[[Good Is Dumb|lot]]'' to [[Wrestler/Sting|Sting]] in his [[WCW]] run, often at the hands of [[Ric Flair]] and [[The Four Horsemen]] or Lex Luger. Perhaps the most famous example occurred in an angle involving our hero and Flair in 1995. Flair lost a match to Arn Anderson at Fall Brawl due to interference from Brian Pillman, and spent the next month trying to convince an extremely wary Sting to be his partner against the duo for Halloween Havoc. After weeks of vehement refusal, Flair finally got Sting to relent, but not before the latter threatened to mess up the former real good if he got screwed. Before the match, Anderson and Pillman ambushed and seemingly injured Flair, forcing Sting to face the heels by himself. However, in the middle of the match, as Sting was getting his ass kicked, Flair appeared to the roar of the crowd and took his place at Sting's corner. Sting played [[Ricky Morton]] for a long time, getting closer and closer to making the tag to Flair each time. When he finally made the tag, the arena went nuts, and Flair looked prepared to ''kill'' Arn and Pillman...and then [[Face Heel Turn|proceeded to immediately lay out Sting]], revealing that the entire incident was a set up to re-form [[The Four Horsemen]] and humiliate Sting.
** It got so bad that in one match it was lampshaded when Sting gave his valet Elizabeth a can of mace to use in case any of the heels tried to make a move on her. Predictably, she turned around and used the mace on Sting later in the
== [[Real Life]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* An episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' involved Bart and Homer working as con artists. Grandpa Simpson pretended to help them, but secretly lured them into a trap where they were arrested by a government agent who robbed them and turned out to be a con artist. Bart and Homer made up a story to explain the robbery, which inadvertently led to Willie being arrested, put on trial, found guilty, and given a long prison sentence. Out of desperation, Willie steals a bailiff's gun and starts shooting. When Skinner is apparently killed<ref>
{{quote|'''Homer''': I can't believe everyone was in on it!
'''Willie''': '''[[Enforced Method Acting|Willie]] [[Unwitting Pawn|wasn't]]!!''' }}
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