Magistrates shall have jurisdiction of the offenses of obtaining property by any false pretense, by any privy or false token or by any game, device, sleight of hand, pretensions to fortunetelling, trick or other means by the use of cards or other implements or instruments, when they would have jurisdiction of a larceny of the same property and may punish such offenses the same as larceny.
Obtaining property under false pretenses
S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-590, under Title 22, Chapter 3.
S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-590