flimflammers
Smooth-talking cheaters
Flimflammers are people who swindle or deceive others, typically through elaborate schemes or fast talk.
The word carries a slightly comic tone despite describing serious dishonesty: The flimflammers convinced retirees to invest in worthless land.
A flimflammer relies on charm and misdirection rather than force.
People who cheat others
- scammersPeople who defraud others
- griftersPetty swindlers, confidence tricksters
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
- charlatansPretenders to special knowledge
hustlers · cheats · schemers · tricksters · deceivers · crooks · sharpers · mountebanks
Dishonest money-making schemes
- consDownsides or inmates
- swindlesDeceptive theft schemes
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- hoaxesIntentional public deceptions
ruses · schemes · rackets · shell games · bait and switch · Ponzi · pyramid schemes · snake oil
con artists
People who cheat others
- scammersPeople who defraud others
- griftersPetty swindlers, confidence tricksters
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
charlatans · hustlers · cheats · schemers · tricksters · deceivers · crooks · sharpers · mountebanks · confidence men
scams
Dishonest money-making schemes
hoaxes · ruses · schemes · rackets · shell games · bait and switch · Ponzi · pyramid schemes · snake oil · phishing
marks
Visible signs or grades
rubes · patsies · pigeons · gulls · easy prey · vulnerable · elderly · naive · trusting · gullible
flimflammersstraight shooters
Forthright, honest individuals
truth-tellers · honest brokers · straight arrows · saints · do-gooders