Fraudulent stunt (4)

I believe the answer is:

hoax

(Other definitions for hoax that I've seen before include "Playful fraud" , "A plan to deceive" , "Deliberate trickery" , "cod" , "A joking kind of deception" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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