信しん用よう詐さ欺ぎ

noun

confidence game; con game; fraud

A scam in which the perpetrator gains the victim's trust to defraud them. Often used in legal or news contexts.

• 彼かれは信しん用よう詐さ欺ぎで逮たい捕ほされた。

  He was arrested for a confidence game.

• 信しん用よう詐さ欺ぎの被ひ害がいに遭あわないように注ちゅう意いしてください。

  Please be careful not to fall victim to a confidence scam.