That is fraud, also called theft by deception.
developing an argument means working step by step to convince a reader of something.
"Spurious" means something that is false or fake, not genuine or authentic. It is often used to describe something that is deceptive or misleading.
Deceptive means misleading. "Her deceptive charm caused him to love the wrong girl."
An illusion is something that is erroneously perceived or construed.
To claim something to which one has no right means trying to assert ownership or control over something that does not belong to you. This could be deceptive, unjust, or unlawful.
To delude means to mislead, to convince someone that something that is false is true.
to make somebody believe something.
To persuade means to convince someone to the stand or argument you made. For example: I needed to persuade my mother to let me go to the concert. To dissuade means to convince someone away from the stand or argument he or she has made. For example: I needed to dissuade my mother from grounding me the night before the concert I wanted to attend.
The word convinced can be an adjective and a verb. The adjective form means to be in a state of believing. The verb form is the past tense of the verb "convince" which means to make someone believe something.
Fake typically refers to something that is not genuine or authentic and may be intentionally misleading or deceptive. It is used to describe items, information, or experiences that are produced to imitate something real but are not authentic themselves.
Pseudo means false, I'm sure psuedes is something close to that.
"Pervade" means to spread throughout and be present in every part of something. "Persuade" means to convince someone to do or believe something through reasoning or argument.