frauds
Cons and swindles
Frauds is the plural of fraud.
A fraud is a deliberate deception for unfair gain—financial scams, identity theft, insurance fraud.
The word also applies to people: a fraud is someone who pretends to be what they're not: He claimed to be a doctor but was exposed as a fraud.
The company was charged with multiple frauds against investors.
Fraudulent credential harvesting
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- griftSwindle or petty fraud
- buncoDice-based fraud scheme
- flimflamDeceptive scheme or nonsense
hustle · charlatan · impostor · quack · racket · catfishing · kiting · overcharge
Deliberate deception or fraud
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
chicanery · misrepresentation · falsification · fabrication · manipulation · disinformation · artifice · pretense
Fraudulent imitation
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- shamFraudulent imitation
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
spurious · ersatz · pseudo · imitation · knockoff · falsified · doctored · tampered
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- larcenyUnlawful taking of goods
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- racketeeringConducting illegal business schemes
bribery · perjury · extortion · kickback · cybercrime · indictment · prosecution · felony
phishing
Fraudulent credential harvesting
flimflam · hustle · charlatan · impostor · quack · racket · catfishing · kiting · overcharge · rigged
trickery
Deliberate deception or fraud
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
subterfuge · chicanery · misrepresentation · falsification · fabrication · manipulation · disinformation · artifice · pretense · sophistry
counterfeit
Fraudulent imitation
forgery · spurious · ersatz · pseudo · imitation · knockoff · falsified · doctored · tampered
embezzlement
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- larcenyUnlawful taking of goods
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
racketeering · bribery · perjury · extortion · kickback · cybercrime · indictment · prosecution · felony · conviction
charlatan
Faker claiming false expertise
- mountebankTraveling seller of fake remedies
- quackFake healer or fowl noise
- pretenderIllegitimate claimant to power
faker · phony · huckster · grifter · swindler · trickster · deceiver · scammer · hustler · cheat
prank
Playful trick on someone
bluff · stunt · bamboozle · humbug · put-on · canard · staged · fooled
fraudstruthfulness
Habit of not lying
integrities · trustworthiness · honest brokers · truth-tellers · straight shooters
fraudsgenuine articles
Authentic items, not counterfeits
real deals · authentics · originals · legitimates · bona fides
- tax fraudIllegal underpayment of duties
- credit card fraudIllegal use of another's account
- identity fraudFalsely claiming another's credentials
- benefit fraudIllegally obtaining public assistance
- feeling like a fraud
- voter fraudIllegal interference with elections
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