scam
skam/Submit
nouninformal
1.
a dishonest scheme; a fraud.
"an insurance scam"
synonyms: fraud, swindle, fraudulent scheme, racket, trick; More
verb
verb: scam; 3rd person present: scams; past tense: scammed; past participle: scammed; gerund or present participle: scamming
1.
swindle.
"a guy that scams the elderly out of their savings"
synonyms: swindle, cheat, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull; More
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bluff1
bləf/Submit
noun
1.
an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
"the offer was denounced as a bluff"
synonyms: deception, front, subterfuge, pretense, posturing, sham, fake, deceit, feint, hoax, facade, fraud, charade; More
verb
verb: bluff; 3rd person present: bluffs; past tense: bluffed; past participle: bluffed; gerund or present participle: bluffing
1.
try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.
"he's been bluffing all along"
synonyms: pretend, sham, fake, feign, lie, hoax, pose, posture, masquerade, dissemble More
deceive, delude, mislead, trick, fool, hoodwink, dupe, hoax, beguile, gull;
informalcon, kid
It's obvious which category Deathwing falls under... Certainly not a scammer. We've all been guilty of his situation.
Yes!
"Scam" and "Ponzi Scheme" ate both abused in this community, sadly.
