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Jamaican switch, means an illegal scheme whereby one conspirator convinces the victim of a need for help in handling a large sum of money, usu. by claiming to be an unsophisticated foreigner and promises to share part of the money with the victim or asks the victim for help in finding a suitable charity to donate to, at which time the other conspirator appears and promises to assist if both the victim and first conspirator provide good-faith money, the intent being for the two conspirators to leave with all the money, including the victim's, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 839.