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Scam,

Definition of Scam:

Swindle.
A fraudulent scheme performed by a dishonest individual, group, or company in an attempt obtain money or something else of value. Scams traditionally resided in confidence tricks, where an individual would misrepresent themselves as someone with skill or authority, i.e. a doctor, lawyer, investor. After the internet became widely used, new forms of scams emerged such as lottery scams, scam baiting, email spoofing, phishing, or request for helps. These are considered to be email fraud. Also see phishing, scheme.
A dishonest scheme; a fraud.

Synonyms of Scam

Ballot-box stuffing, Beat, Beguile of, Bilk, Bunco, Burn, Cardsharping, Cheat, Cheating, Chisel, Chouse, Chouse out of, Cog, Cog the dice, Con, Cozen, Cozenage, Crib, Defraud, ■■■■■■, Diddling, Dishonesty, Do in, Do out of, Dodge, Euchre, Finagle, Fishy transaction, Flam, Fleece, Flimflam, Fob, Fraud, Fraudulence, Fraudulency, Fudge, Gerrymandering, Gouge, Graft, Grift, Gull, ■■■, ■■■ ■■■■■, Have, Hocus, Hocus-pocus, Illicit business, Imposition, Imposture, Mulct, Pack the deal, Pigeon, Practice fraud upon, Racket, Rook, Screw, Sell gold bricks, Shave, Shortchange, Stack the cards, Stick, Sting, Swindle, Take a dive, Thimblerig, Throw a fight, Victimize, Fraud, Swindle, Fraudulent scheme, Racket, Trick, ■■■■■■