noun
General term for criminal deception for financial or personal gain. Used in legal, news, and everyday contexts.
See also: オレオレ詐欺
彼は詐欺の疑いで逮捕された。
He was arrested on suspicion of fraud.
オレオレ詐欺に気をつけてください。
Please be careful of the 'it's me' phone scam.
noun
empty promise; flaking out; saying you'll do something but not doing it
Colloquial, often used in the pattern ～詐欺 to accuse someone of repeatedly promising something without following through. Modeled after オレオレ詐欺.
また行く行く詐欺かよ。
You're pulling that 'I'll go, I'll go' flake-out again, huh?
彼の「今度こそ」はいつも詐欺だ。
His 'this time for sure' is always an empty promise.
詐 (deceive) + 欺 (deceive). A Sino-Japanese compound meaning fraud or deception.