counterfeit
131sham — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. counterfeit, imitation, fake; pretense, dissimulation; humbug; imposture. adj. make believe, spurious, bogus, fake. See deception, falsehood, affectation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. misleading, lying …
132Advance-fee fraud — African sting An advance fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain.[1] Among the variations on this type of scam are the Nigerian Letter (also… …
