Con artist: paints a different picture of himself to fit current audience. Superb story teller. Like a professional fisherman can real them in hook, line and sinker. The bigger the fish the bigger the hook and the better the bait. Can con his current catch out of damn near anything. Even their soul, can drag them to the depths of hell all with a smile on their face. That face is the face of evil.
Lee is a great entertainer, fabulous musican that is a great showman. He can reel you in and sell you a counterfeit 2 dollar bill cause he is a great conartist.
Most Democrats and Republicans on Capital Hill are conartist joined at the hip, making secret deals behind closed doors in order to subjugate "We the People" while enriching themselves in the process.
A social confidence-artist is someone who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as the need for acceptance, and the unconditional: fear of anger, fear of intellectual challenges, respect for outward self-control, respect for outward un-selfconsciousness, worship of charisma, and desire for popularity. They pretend it is noble to tell people what they want to hear, when it is in fact merely expediently politic.
Melissa was sure to tell you what you wanted to hear as opposed to telling you the truth of how she felt. In this way she fraudulently obtained your confidence and was an accomplished social con-artist.