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Shout about being taken in by fraud (6)

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I believe the answer is:

scream

'shout' is the definition.
(scream is a kind of shout)

'about being taken in by fraud' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 're' (regarding).
'being taken in by' indicates putting letters inside.
'fraud' becomes 'scam' (scam is a kind of fraud).
're' put into 'scam' is 'SCREAM'.

(Other definitions for scream that I've seen before include "one causes great amusement" , "Shout" , "Piercing yell" , "A long piercing cry as of terror" , "express horror" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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