dupe

Experts call this a type of fraud "social engineering" - where scammers dupe their victims using psychological manipulation, instilling fear and urgency.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Now Zahid Hasan Akhand, who introduced himself as a barrister, was talking him through the different options and how to dupe the Home Office.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Large language models are used to write convincing emails to dupe people out of their money, causing an eight-fold increase in complaints from older Americans as they lost $4.9 billion in online fraud in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

It took a hit this week after former executives accused it of manipulating markets to dupe consumers into buying its products.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025

The knight thought he could dupe the sailor.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Marcello Hernández’s Rubio initially delivered his appeal in Spanish, only to abandon the pitch and admit that he, too, had been duped.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

But even if there’s no hard camera footage of Kao giving Collins burlap sacks full of cash, there is undoubtedly a story that she got duped into delivering federal dollars to a scammer.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

The victims were duped into thinking that a model agency was interested in them, with emails telling them they had potential after they responded to a local photographic studio and social media advertising campaign.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Monk had been duped, according to charges later laid out in arrest warrants secured by the local sheriff’s department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The Sea of Flames could have been in the Paris Museum all along—that simpering mineralogist and the assistant director laughing as he slunk away, duped, fooled, inveigled.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Scammers have become increasingly adept at duping customers into sending payments through elaborate social engineering schemes, including by developing romantic connections to their victims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The agency, which protects consumers from unfair business practices, accused Amazon of duping people into automatically renewing their Amazon Prime subscriptions through “manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025

Alongside developing a relationship with fans and duping them into thinking Fegan was real Tegan, Fegan crossed other boundaries with Tegan's personhood.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024

The former chief executive stands accused of deliberately duping Volkswagen’s customers and shareholders, as well as German politicians.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024

She told me she couldn’t stand the thought of Marcus duping more people into following him, and I didn’t argue with her.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth