The phrase "fall for something" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to be deceived or tricked by something or someone. Example: She fell for his smooth-talking and ended up buying a car she didn't really need.
When I fall for something, I fall hard.
Someone has to take a fall for something not going well.
The other reason is because no one believes that they would fall for something being done right under their noses.
Some found the stylised direction too showy, others couldn't fall for something which seemed to be trying too hard to impress them.
Steven Sinofsky is taking the fall for something.
If you fall for something that says "This is The Free Dowload Sex Movies,you can find it Here," you really ought to think twice.
The best way to reduce the odds of falling for something is to accept the premise that that you will almost certainly get hacked -- in the event that for some reason beyond the ken of understanding you haven't been hacked already.
This confusion of identity can be hard to untangle if you're struck by the glamor of what they "do", but if you don't try to separate the person from the position, then you might be falling for something that isn't even real.
The same people who wouldn't be taken in for a minute by an email from some bloke in Nigeria offering them $20,000,000 in cash fall instantly for something that offers them 'proof' of how venal their politicians are.
MARGATE CITY, N.J. — Red Klotz was not at the game in White Plains the night before, so he did not see his Washington Generals make another spirited comeback against the Harlem Globetrotters, only to fall short for something like the 10,000th time in a row.
