Start speculating for wealth, albeit by deception (5)
I believe the answer is:
spoof
'deception' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'start speculating for wealth albeit by' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'by' could be 'of' and 'of' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spoof that I've seen before include "Satirical imitation" , "Take-off" , "Send-up" , "Cod" , "Parody - prank" .)