さぎ
Meanings
Noun
1. fraud; swindle; graft; cheating; trick; scam
This is outright fraud, and it's a crime.
2. saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
as 行く行く詐欺, etc.; modeled from オレオレ詐欺
That's not one of those fake retirements; he's the kind of guy who really quits when he says he will.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
marriage fraud; fake marriage
phone scam involving a pretended relative
bank transfer scam; telephone banking fraud
petty swindling; petty swindler
clickbaiting; giving something a misleading title
confidence trick
online fraud
phishing email; fraudulent email
lying about one's age; age fabrication
one-click fraud (online fraud and extortion technique used by spammers)
financial fraud
fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills
romance scam
securities fraud
confidence game
telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
Click fraud
one-ring fraud (attempt to encourage a return call to a fraudster's number)
Nigerian fraud; 419 fraud
smartphone app malware; Trojan horse app
organized crime group specializing in fraud (esp. bank transfer scams)
crab meat mail-order fraud
Examples (14 in total)
It seems it was a scam.
You keep saying you're leaving and never do!
It kinda sounds like a scam.