1. The Big Ripoff

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. 11 March 1975

McCoy is needing thirty grand to stay alive. He wants one hundred grand to make it worthwhile. And he has a million to shoot for, with his gambler's reputation in line. All he has to do is give a mastyer con artist a double dose of his own medicine. All he has going for him was a little assistance from his pals and scads of imagination. The target: retrieving the ransom money paid for an oil tycoon's wife.