fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
misrepresentation; false statement
marriage fraud; fake marriage
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
remittance fraud; bank transfer scam
misrepresentation (falsification) of one's past record (personal history)
false personation; misrepresentation of one's social position
variant of bank-transfer fraud
lie; untruth; prevarication
petty swindling; petty swindler
falsehood; fabrication; dissimulation
false statement (misrepresentation) of one's academic career
clickbaiting; giving something a misleading title
fraud; fraudulence; dupery; hoax
plan of fraud; scheme of deception
fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills
one-click fraud (online fraud and extortion technique often used by spammers)
telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
fraud; defrauding; fraudulent injury
better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive
Nigerian fraud; 419 fraud
smartphone app malware; Trojan horse app