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Hoax (4)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">hoax</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for scam that I've seen before include "A modern kind of swindle" , "Fraudulent business scheme" , "Fraudulent scheme, swindle" , "Swindle, fraud (colloq.)" , "fiddle" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, the Universal, the LA Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Star Tribune, The Telegraph and the Newsday.
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