It's a fake, a scam, a swindle, and a blatant fraud. Impersonation is used in the "SIM swap scam" fraud. Nordea was the subject of an online phishing scam in 2007. Synonyms include con, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, scam, and stratagem. Over 100 people from Togo became victim to a big scam called Qnet. Sutherland reportedly fell victim to a financial scam involving cattle in 2010. Our ad sales team fell for a malware scam. He pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against other defendants involved in the scam. A variant of this scam exists in Mumbai, India. In 2005, Mega Millions was the target of a mailing scam. Emily lies, saying Faith had committed suicide and that Sean planned the insurance scam. Regulators feared it all might be just a huge scam. He meets Zimburger and Segarra, who want him to help with a real estate scam. Lori Loughlin's and Felicity Huffman's involvement in a massive college admissions bribery scam. He tells him that Tony has a new property scam.