con game

Frequency: 7.04.1 per million words

A trick to get money from someone.

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  • The elderly are often targets of elaborate con games.
  • He fell for a classic con game involving a fake investment opportunity.
  • How could you not realize it was a con game from the start?
  • Running a con game requires a lot of charm and deception.
  • Be careful of emails promising easy money; it's usually a con game.
  • The police believe this is part of a much larger con game.
  • The so-called psychic was just running a clever con game on vulnerable people.
  • After losing his savings, he finally understood the true nature of the sophisticated con game.
  • I can't believe I almost got suckered into that online con game.
  • Authorities have issued warnings about new con games targeting tourists in the city.