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hoax noun artifice, beguilement, canard, cheat, circumvention, counterfeit, cozenage, deceit, defraudation, delusion, device, dupery, duplicity, fake, false alarm, false report, falsification, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, guile, imposition, imposture, lie, ludificatio, machination, masquerade, pettifogging, practical joke, pretense, ruse, scheme, sham, shift, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trick, trickery, wile Associated concepts: false representation, forgery, fraud, impersonation See also: artifice, betray, bilk, bunko, canard, circumvent, collusion, deceive, deception, defraud, delude, dupe, ensnare, evade, fake, false pretense, falsification, frame up, hoodwink, illude, imposture, knavery, maneuver, misrepresent, palter, pretense, pretext, ruse, trick How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Unfortunately, this information seems to have come from an internet hoax. Internet hoax, financial fraud at McKesson HBOC, Ponzi schemes at Capital Consultants and TLC, and a kickback scheme operated by noted investment adviser Alan Bond. The Swedish telecommunications giant is the subject of an Internet hoax offering free mobile phones to anyone who forwards a particular e-mail message to eight friends. |
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