fraud, swindle, graft...

lie, falsehood, fiction...

misrepresentation, false statement

to lie, to pretend, to feign...

defrauding, swindle

swindler, fraudster, trickster...

swindling

fraud, defrauding, fraudulent injury

lie, untruth, prevarication

plan of fraud, scheme of deception

feigned illness

falsehood, fabrication, dissimulation

fraud, fraudulence, dupery...

fraud

smartphone app malware, Trojan horse app

phishing email, fraudulent email

organized crime group specializing in fraud (esp. bank transfer scams)

phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress

online fraud

confidence game

petty swindling, petty swindler

confidence trick

financial fraud

securities fraud

phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress

false statement (misrepresentation) of one's academic career

misrepresentation (falsification) of one's past record (personal history)

false personation, misrepresentation of one's social position

marriage fraud, fake marriage

bank transfer scam, telephone banking fraud