scam
scam
noun
A dishonest scheme; a fraud.
"That online competition was a complete scam."
verb
To defraud or deceive someone.
"He tried to scam me out of my money."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: victimize, hornswoggle, short-change, rook, defraud, nobble, con, goldbrick, diddle, swindle, bunco, mulct