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scam

Attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence

Entitytype of crimeQ7023752

Also known as con. · confidence game. · confidence scheme. · stratagem. · con game. · con trick.

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43 statements · 19% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

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23 identifiers linking scam across the web's reference databases