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fraud

misrepresentation

swindler

fraud

swindling

feigned illness

false personation

confidence game

false statement (misrepresentation) of one's academic career

misrepresentation (falsification) of one's past record (personal history)

defrauding

plan of fraud

financial fraud

confidence trick

securities fraud

one-ring fraud (attempt to encourage a return call to a fraudster's number)

telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim

marriage fraud

lie

remittance fraud

bank transfer scam

fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills

fraud

phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress

one-click fraud (online fraud and extortion technique used by spammers)

phishing

Nigerian fraud

fraud

smartphone app malware

online fraud

clickbaiting

phishing email

organized crime group specializing in fraud (esp. bank transfer scams)

crab meat mail-order fraud

romance scam

petty swindling

better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive

falsehood