confidence trick

• Схема или обман, при котором человек завоевывает доверие жертвы, чтобы выманить у неё деньги или имущество, также известная как мошенничество или афера.

A scheme or deception in which a person gains the trust of a victim in order to defraud them of money or property, also known as a con game or scam.

1. Fraudulent schemeB2formal

   A scam in which a person gains the trust of a victim in order to cheat them out of money or property.

   Мошенническая схема

   • The elderly woman fell victim to a confidence trick and lost her savings.
   • He was arrested for running a confidence trick on unsuspecting investors.
   • The police warned the public about a new confidence trick involving fake charity donations.