Minor Illusion

This spell creates a basic illusory effect. You create a sound or an image of an object within 10m that lasts for 1 minute. The illusion also ends if you dismiss it as an action or cast this spell again.

If you create a sound, its volume can range from a whisper to a scream. It can be your voice, someone else’s voice, a lion’s roar, a beating of drums, or any other sound you choose. The sound continues unabated throughout the duration, or you can make discrete sounds at different times before the spell ends.

If you create an image of an object—such as a chair, muddy footprints, or a small chest—it must be no larger than a 2m Cube. The image can’t create sound, light, smell, or any other sensory effect.

Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it.

If a creature uses its action to examine the sound or image, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a successful INT (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the illusion becomes faint to the creature.

At 5th Level. When you cast the spell, you can delay its manifestation by up to 1 minute, after which the effect occurs as normal.

At 11th Level. The spell has a range of 20m.

At 17th Level. You can create an image of flowing liquid or a cacophony of sounds no louder than a scream.

Now you can be a master con man... sort of.