Have you heard about Jones - you know - the new man?
B: No. What?
A: He's disappeared. Apparently he's on the run from the police.
B: Good heavens: What's he done?
A: They say he's stolen money from several previous employers. And Jones isn't his real name, of course.
B: The director must be furious.
A: He is! It's turned out that all Jones's letters of reference were false, but no one bothered to check them. He fooled everybody.
B: Well, they wouldn't, would they? I mean, he seemed such a nice man. So polite. Quite charming.
A: Good liars usually are charming. That's why we believe them.
B: Well, he certainly pulled the wool over my eyes.