Yes, still illegal.<p>You could make the same case if you tried to sell someone fake drugs.<p>Not <i>real</i> drugs, right?
Scamming someone who&#x27;s going to something <i>illegal</i> right?<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.criminaldefenselawyer.com&#x2F;legal-advice&#x2F;criminal-defense&#x2F;drug-charges&#x2F;jail-selling-fake-drugs.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.criminaldefenselawyer.com&#x2F;legal-advice&#x2F;criminal-d...</a><p>At the very least, it&#x27;s fraud:<p>Taking money from someone under intentionally false pretenses is fraud. (18 USC § 1001.) Under the law, an intentionally and materially false statement relied upon by another constitutes fraud.<p>Intentionally meaning you did so under the condition you knew the weapons were fake and not real. Materially meaning the mis-representation of the guns as real was material to the transaction.