deception vs scam

deception

noun
  • An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy. 

scam

noun
  • A fraudulent deal. 

  • Something that is promoted using scams. 

verb
  • To defraud or embezzle. 

How often have the words deception and scam occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )