A confidence trick where an established (usually illegal) business stops shipping orders while continuing to receive payments because of its previously good reputation, and then absconds with the money.

plural of scam artist

(slang) What's going on? What are you trying to pull? (said when one is suspicious of someone else)

A consumer fraud that involves criminals attempting to make victims fall in love with or marry them, and tricking them into paying them money.

(Malaysia) A scam where criminals impersonate a legal authority, a lottery, a kidnapper demanding a ransom, or a bank authority, to trick people into paying them money.

A confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim in order to commit fraud.

A consumer fraud that involves obtaining a relatively small amount of money from the victim in advance of some large deferred benefit, such as a job, a high rate of return, or a share of embezzled money.

A scam in which the solicitor offers large sums of money in return for a smaller up front investment.

plural of Ponzi scam

plural of ponzi scam, an alternative form of Ponzi scam