noun
Refers to the act of deceiving someone to take money or property, or the fraudulent scheme itself. Often used in contexts like 騙りに遭う (fall victim to a scam) or 騙りを働く (commit fraud).
彼は巧妙な騙りで多くの人から金を巻き上げた。
He swindled many people out of money with a clever scam.
その投資話は騙りだとすぐに分かった
I quickly realized that investment story was a fraud.
詐欺 is the more common and legal term for fraud or swindling. 騙り emphasizes the act of deceiving or the scheme itself, and can sound slightly more colloquial or dramatic.
Derived from the verb 騙る (かたる, 'to swindle, to cheat'). The noun form 騙り refers to the act or instance of such deception.