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telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
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fraude;timo;estafa
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fraud;swindle;graft;cheating;trick;scam
See also:
オレオレ詐欺 (おれおれさぎ)
私の知る限り、彼はその詐欺の企みには関与していません。
To my knowledge, he has not been involved in the fraud scheme.
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saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it;making promises without keeping them;flaking out
as 行く行く詐欺, etc.; modeled from オレオレ詐欺