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noun
A scam where criminals impersonate a legal authority, a lottery, a kidnapper demanding a ransom, or a bank authority, to trick people into paying them money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia
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Synonyms: 419 fraud
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Macau, where such scams were first reported. Compare Tagalog lutong-makaw.
