snake oil salesman
noun [C] disapprovingDefinition
› someone who deceives people in order to get money from them: He was dubbed a "modern day snake oil salesman" after he ripped off thousands of internet customers.
(Definition of snake oil salesman noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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