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Unusual kind of eccentric fraud (10,5)

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I believe the answer is:

confidence trick

'fraud' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'unusual kind of eccentric' is the wordplay.
'unusual' is an anagram indicator.
'kind'+'of'+'eccentric'='kindofeccentric'
'kindofeccentric' is an anagram of 'CONFIDENCE TRICK'.

(Other definitions for confidence trick that I've seen before include "Deception" , "sting" , "scam" , "fraud" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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