все о лохотроне

English translation: Please, see below

20:13 Jan 28, 2007
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Russian term or phrase: все о лохотроне
Жизнь у многих людей станет веселее, если у них под рукой будут свежие анекдоты, тосты, гороскопы, советы, все о лохотроне и многое другое.
Simon Hollingsworth
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:12
English translation:Please, see below
Explanation:
лохотрон - a confidence game, con game; fraud, scam a dishonest scheme, such as one in which a victim is persuaded to entrust his valuables to the confidence man (one who defrauds people), who gives a false impression of safety (определение из Oxford American Dictionary)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-01-28 22:40:30 GMT)
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http://www.gmj.ru/ShowChannel.aspx?ChID=88
This is it!
So, I would say: 'all about fraud and scam'.
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Natalia Zakharova
Ukraine
Local time: 03:12
Grading comment
This sounds good, thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2"all about fraud", "all about con artists"
Anton Konashenok
3 +3Please, see below
Natalia Zakharova
4all about taking schmucks for a ride
Natalie Savkova
4yokels' trap A to Z
koundelev
3all about scams
Anna Makhorkina


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"all about fraud", "all about con artists"


Explanation:
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Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Local time: 02:12
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexander Demyanov: All about con/fraud schemes. It's not "about con artists". That could be about what sort of people con artists are, which is not the issue here.
1 hr

agree  Alexandra Tussing
6 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Please, see below


Explanation:
лохотрон - a confidence game, con game; fraud, scam a dishonest scheme, such as one in which a victim is persuaded to entrust his valuables to the confidence man (one who defrauds people), who gives a false impression of safety (определение из Oxford American Dictionary)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-01-28 22:40:30 GMT)
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http://www.gmj.ru/ShowChannel.aspx?ChID=88
This is it!
So, I would say: 'all about fraud and scam'.

Natalia Zakharova
Ukraine
Local time: 03:12
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
This sounds good, thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dorene Cornwell: THe question is how to say it in ENglish. I would go for ".. and they are up on all teh latest scans..."
2 hrs

agree  Sara Noss: "I see!" said the blind woman..."in on the latest scams", to follow Doreen.
2 hrs

agree  Alexandra Tussing
7 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
all about taking schmucks for a ride


Explanation:
con, fraud, even grift are all rather neutral and bland words in comparison with juicy and stylistically charged "лохотрон"

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there's also a good expression used by grifters for what in the Russian setup is referred to as "лохотрон": "short con".

Natalie Savkova
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
all about scams


Explanation:
Scams can be a serious problem for venturesome poeple. :) Check out: www.scam.com


    Reference: http://www.scam.com
Anna Makhorkina
United States
Local time: 21:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in UkrainianUkrainian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 11
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
yokels' trap A to Z


Explanation:
This is 'not for grading'

a country bumpkin trap - лохотрон
straw hat gambler...

koundelev
Local time: 04:12
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 32
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