原げん野や商しょう法ほう

noun

fraudulent land sale scheme

A scam where worthless remote land is sold at inflated prices by falsely promising future development or value. Often associated with 原野 (wilderness/moorland) that has little real utility.

• 原げん野や商しょう法ほう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 fraudulent land sale schemes.

• 彼かれは原げん野や商しょう法ほうでだまされて、価か値ちのない土と地ちを買かわされた。

  He was tricked by a land scam and forced to buy worthless land.