Côte d’Ivoire· informal
brouteur
Meaning
an online scammer
Elsewhere
escroc
Explanation
A brouteur in standard French is a grazing animal. In Côte d'Ivoire it is the fraudster who works victims online, grazing on other people's money.
Example
Méfie-toi de ce profil, ça sent le brouteur à plein nez.
Watch out for that profile, it reeks of an online scammer.
Origin
From brouter (to graze): the image is of profiting without effort, the way a grazing animal feeds without working for it.
Source