Fuck with the money and go to jail, fuck with peoples lives and get elected

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustle_(TV_series)

Reminds me of the general setup of the hustle tv show, except it existed before “pig butchering” was the term of art. They just called it a con or Confidence scam.

They even had whole arcs where they enriched the target a little to get them greedy for a even bigger payoff later.

Something, something, can’t cheat a honest man.