Fraud:the crime of getting money by deceiving people.
Maybe you should find a dictionary.
Fraud (noun):
(1) deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
(2) a particular instance of such deceit or trickery:
mail fraud; election frauds.
(3)any deception, trickery, or humbug:
That diet book is a fraud and a waste of time.
Synonyms: hoax, wile
(4) a person who makes deceitful pretenses; sham; poseur.
I’m getting the sense, here, that I’ve gored YOUR ox; slain YOUR sacred cow ... and you’re butthurt over it.
“Creation Science” is possibly the most egregious example of cherry-picking data and assuming the conclusion that I have ever seen. It’s worse than Flat-Earth.