Answer:

hoaxes

Answer	Crossword Clue
HOAXES	Frauds
HOAXES	Fakes
HOAXES	Barnum specialties

HOAXES	Frauds.
HOAXES	Practical jokes.
HOAXES	Deceptions.
HOAXES	Put-ons
HOAXES	Piltdown Man and others
HOAXES	Big tricks
HOAXES	Some urban legends
HOAXES	E-mails from Nigerian princes, e.g.

HOAXES	"The Hitler Diaries" and others
HOAXES	Impostures
HOAXES	Some April 1 news stories