Accost or accost ( one word ) means to approach or confront, physically--
The last stranger he tried to accost for money turned out to be a detective.
Any man who would accost a woman on the sidewalk might actually be dangerous.
A cost or a cost ( two words ) means one, each, or per ( a ) purchase price; or the sum required to accomplish something, literally or figuratively ( cost )--
We can get the parts for you, at a cost of $1.99 per dozen.
The battle was won at a cost of thousands of lives.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"The con artist's method was to accost people in parking lots, with an offer to fix their cars at a cost of only a few hundred dollars."
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