| Fake |
| Scam |
| Hoax |
| Dupery |
| Poseur |
| Deceit |
| Swindle |
| Humbug! |
| Hustle! |
| Forgery |
| A cheat |
| Con job |
| Flimflam |
| Impostor |
| Imposter |
| Deception |
| Charlatan |
| Chicanery |
| Duplicity |
| Imposture |
| Mountebank |
| Super-duper |
| Embezzlement |
| Illegal deceit |
| Deceptive crime |
| Security concern |
| Great pretender? |
| Illegal activity |
| Madoff's offense |
| Illegal trickery |
| Swindler's crime |
| Criminal trickery |
| Certain cybercrime |
| Deceitful practice |
| Criminal deception |
| Con artist's crime |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
| Bunco-squad concern |
| Businessman's crime |
| Deliberate deception |
| Flimflammer's felony |
| Identity theft, e.g. |
| Businessperson's crime |
| Consumer affairs topic |
| Target of blue sky laws |
| One skilled at taking in |
| Whistle-blower's exposure |
| Subject of an S.E.C. inquiry |
| Better Business Bureau subject |