land swindler; fraudulent land broker
A person who commits real estate fraud, often by impersonating a landowner to sell land they do not own. The term is strongly associated with organized fraud rings.
I was deceived by a land swindler and defrauded of the land payment.
Compound of 地面 (じめん, 'land') + 師 (し, 'specialist' or 'master'), literally 'land master', but used pejoratively for a fraudster.