hoodwink

It soon became apparent that my name and image were being used by scammers to try to hoodwink people out of money.

“Not only is it good for the economy and good for our communities, but it's much, much less likely that you're going to be hoodwinked.”

Mulvaney even bragged about hoodwinking Trump into violating his promise not to cut Social Security by telling him the cuts would be in “disability insurance” without revealing that disability insurance is part of Social Security.

Wolff also encouraged social critics to not be hoodwinked by "simple-minded arguments" that attempt to turn people off from all left-wing politics through generic vilification of bureaucrats.

A vulnerable widower has been left homeless and "truly suffering" after being hoodwinked into sending £85,000 to a woman who never existed.