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
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
falsehood; fabrication; dissimulation
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
false statement (misrepresentation) of one's academic career
clickbaiting; giving something a misleading title
plan of fraud; scheme of deception
fraud; fraudulence; dupery; hoax
one-click fraud (online fraud and extortion technique often used by spammers)
fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
fraud; defrauding; fraudulent injury
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
Nigerian fraud; 419 fraud
better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive
smartphone app malware; Trojan horse app