Two crooks cannot cut each other's hair.

What it means
Two people who are each trying to cheat the other can never trust each other enough to let their guard down. Scheming against everyone means expecting everyone, even someone just like you, to be scheming back.
Chewa · Southern Africa
Source and context
From: Chewa, Southern Africa
Source: Chewa (Malawi/Zambia) oral-tradition proverb (Atambwali sametana), documented in Zambian proverb collections (zambianobserver.com)

The source explains it: two people who have crooked minds will never trust each other because they both know that each one will be looking for a way to crook the other one. The wording of the meaning is ours.