N.Y. Penal Law § 165.30: Fraudulent accosting

§ 165.30 Fraudulent accosting.

1. A person is guilty of fraudulent accosting when he accosts a person

in a public place with intent to defraud him of money or other property

by means of a trick, swindle or confidence game.

2. A person who, either at the time he accosts another in a public

place or at some subsequent time or at some other place, makes

statements to him or engages in conduct with respect to him of a kind

commonly made or performed in the perpetration of a known type of

confidence game, is presumed to intend to defraud such person of money

or other property.

Fraudulent accosting is a class A misdemeanor.