Scam vs. Fraud

Scamnoun

A fraudulent deal.

Scamnoun

Something that is promoted using scams.

Scamverb

(transitive) To defraud or embezzle.

Scamnoun

a fraudulent business scheme

Scamverb

deprive of by deceit;

Fraudnoun

(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

Fraudnoun

Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.

Fraudnoun

The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

Fraudnoun

A person who performs any such trick.

Fraudnoun

(obsolete) A trap or snare.

Fraudverb

(obsolete) To defraud

Fraudnoun

Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.

Fraudnoun

An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.

Fraudnoun

A trap or snare.

Fraudnoun

intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

Fraudnoun

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Fraudnoun

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Fraud

In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover monetary compensation) or criminal law (e.g., a fraud perpetrator may be prosecuted and imprisoned by governmental authorities), or it may cause no loss of money, property, or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.