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).
He swindled many people out of money with a clever scam.
I quickly realized that investment story was a fraud.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not essential.
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.