| English | Russian |
| chip scam | мошенничество с фишками (азартные игры sankozh) |
| cook up a scam | провернуть аферу (Ремедиос_П) |
| cook up a scam | проворачивать аферу (Ремедиос_П) |
| cook up a scam | придумать лохотрон (Ремедиос_П) |
| fall for a scam | попасться на удочку (аферистов ART Vancouver) |
| fall for a scam | попасться на удочку аферистов (Police are warning Vancouver and Surrey residents about the "pregnant woman in a cab" scam that's hit both cities over the past few days where a man claims to have locked his keys in his car while what looks like a pregnant woman is sitting in a cab. The man says he needs to get his pregnant wife to the hospital right away but doesn't have the cash for a taxi trip. ART Vancouver) |
| giant scam | гигантская афера (As for Obamacare the whole thing is a giant scam designed to fail Taras) |
| Grandparent Scam | мошенничество, жертвами которого становятся пожилые люди (YuliaG) |
| Grandparent Scam | мошенничество, связанное с пожилыми родственниками (YuliaG) |
| hitting scam | автоподстава (Pirvolajnen) |
| insurance scam | мошенничество со страховкой (Olga Okuneva) |
| insurance scam crash | автоподстава (если подразумевается получение страховки Pirvolajnen) |
| insurance scam driving | автоподстава (Pirvolajnen) |
| Peter-Paul scam | финансовая пирамида (A Ponzi scheme is closely related to a pyramid because it revolves around continuous recruiting, but in a Ponzi scheme the promoter generally has no product to sell and pays no commission to investors who recruit new "members." Instead, the promoter collects payments from a stream of people, promising them all the same high rate of return on a short-term investment. In the typical Ponzi scheme, there is no real investment opportunity, and the promoter just uses the money from new recruits to pay obligations owed to longer-standing members of the program. In English, there is an expression that nicely summarizes this scheme: It's called "stealing from Peter to pay Paul." In fact some law enforcement officers call Ponzi schemes "Peter-Paul" scams. Many of you may be familiar with Ponzi schemes reported in the international financial news. For example, the MMM fund in Russia, which issued investors shares of stock and suddenly collapsed in 1994, was characterized as a Ponzi scheme. http:  ftc.gov 4uzhoj) |
| placebo scam | плацебо для доверчивых (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | фальшивка чудо-средство (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | волшебная таблетка (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | дутая реклама (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | бабкины снадобья (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | средство от всех болезней (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | лапша на уши (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | панацея-обманка (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | лженаука (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | лохотрон (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | мошенничество (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | пустышка (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | шарлатанское средство (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | псевдонаучный продукт (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | мнимая панацея (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | лженаучный продукт (Ivan Pisarev) |
| placebo scam | афера под видом лекарства (Ivan Pisarev) |
| real estate scam | мошенническая сделка с жильём |
| real estate scam | мошенничество с жильём |
| scam a scammer | кинуть кидалу (It's not technically a crime
to scam a scammer Taras) |
| scam artist | аферист (Lavrov) |
| scam artist | мошенник (Баян) |
| scam artist | махинатор (ЛВ) |
| scam product | лженаучный продукт (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | лохотрон (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | мнимая панацея (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | панацея-обманка (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | плацебо для доверчивых (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | псевдонаучный продукт (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | средство от всех болезней (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | фальшивка чудо-средство (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | шарлатанское средство (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | пустышка (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | мошенничество (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | лженаука (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | волшебная таблетка (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | дутая реклама (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | лапша на уши (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | бабкины снадобья (Ivan Pisarev) |
| scam product | афера под видом лекарства (Ivan Pisarev) |
| sophisticated scam | изощрённая мошенническая схема ("The scams are getting increasingly sophisticated, more convincing and are deployed at ever larger scale (...) People are busy and this scam sounded and looked legitimate enough that I would give them an A for their effort. Many people are likely to fall for it." (mirror.co.uk) ART Vancouver) |