I wonder if there were scams back then… oh yea, there were. All kinds of scams, from Miracle All-Cures to rigging a fistfight match.
Since you CAN play as the worlds “villain”, I’d like to see some form of “villain of the shadows”. No, I’m not talking about playing a stealthy thief, I’m saying you can be the Con Artist. Stealing stuff in the night, amateur stuff… Convincing people to give you all their belongs LEGALLY (or semi-legally) is the pro stuff right there. However, the art of making (let along, inventing) contracts back then will probably never happen in-game…