confidence trick

• Golpe em que o vigarista conquista a confiança da vítima para obter dinheiro ou bens; também chamado de estelionato ou fraude.

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.

   Golpe de confiança

   • 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.