Answer: SCAM
SCAM is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 247 times.
Referring Clues:
- Con
- Con game
- Sting
- Pull a con
- Swindle
- Con job
- Fraud
- Rip-off
- Con artist's art
- Run a game on
- Fast shuffle, so to speak
- Fleece
- Ripoff
- Defraud
- Fraudulent operation
- Fast one
- Pyramid scheme, for one
- Shell game, e.g.
- Cheat
- Trick
- Ensnaring scheme
- Pyramid scheme, e.g.
- Shell game
- Cozenage
- Three-card monte, e.g.
- Pyramid scheme
- Money-losing proposition
- One may take you in
- Ponzi scheme, e.g.
- Take for a ride
- Hoodwink
- E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you, e.g.
- Hustle
- Offer that seems too good to be true, probably
- E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g.
- Chain letter, perhaps
- Pull a fast one
- Pigeon drop, for one
- Pyramid scheme, for example
- Shell game, for one
- Sting operation
- Business fraud
- Ponzi scheme, for example
- Confidence game
- Fraudulent activity
- Con artist's game
- Ponzi game, e.g.
- Bunko squad concern
- Fraudulent scheme
- Investment fraud
- Telemarketing danger
- Grifter's game
- Set up buddy's con game (4)
- Grifter's ploy
- Cheat out of money
- It takes folks in
- Deception
- Too-good-to-be-true investment
- Phishing, e.g.
- Flimflam
- Three-card monte is one
- Swindler's speciality
- Illegal scheme
- Fraudulent plan
- Put something over on
- Shady deal
- It's a ripoff
- Con man's game
- Swindler's plan
- Phony deal
- Unethical way to make money
- Ponzi scheme
- Three-card monte, notably
- Take for a ride?
- Dupe's undoing
- Source of illegitimate income
- Act of fraud
- Bunco game
- Act of deception
- Deceptive scheme
- Nigerian e-mail, sometimes
- Sucker play
- Bamboozle
- Grifter's scheme
- Hoax
- Pigeon drop, e.g.
- Flimflam scheme
- Taking-in activity
- Illegal investment scheme
- One reported to the Better Business Bureau
- Shady scheme
- Many an e-mail "click here" offer
- Crooked deal
- Con artist's hustle
- Contrivance for taking people for a ride
- Shady business
- Offer that's too good to be true, often
- Something shady
- Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g.
- Bogus plan
- Phishing, for one
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably
- Trap for a pigeon
- Certain artist's forte
- Con artist's setup
- Grifter's forte
- Nigerian email, often
- Amway, some say
- Rip off
- Shady plan
- Fraudulent offer
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually
- Con man's concept
- Goal of phishing
- Racket
- Nigerian Letter, for one
- Plot that's "pulled"
- Take to the cleaners
- Dupe
- Phishing lure?
- Grifter's specialty
- Too-good-to-be-true offer, often
- Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, for one
- Do a Bernie Madoff job on
- Grifter's idea
- Fleecing
- Fool
- Swindler's enterprise
- Matter of confidence?
- Grifter's plan
- Ruse
- Hustler's gimmick
- Your cheatin' art
- Something phony
- Con artist's work
- Phishing expedition
- Source of ill-gotten gains
- Ponzi scheme, for one
- Exploit unfairly
- Phishing lure
- Email for the spam folder, probably
- Grift, e.g.
- Many a carnival game
- Bunco
- Get-rich-quick offer, typically
- Phishing activity
- Email from Nigeria, often
- Bogus offer
- Almost any "Get rich quick!" offer
- Frank Abagnale hustle
- Run a con on
- Ploy that targets the gullible
- Bait and switch is one
- Put one over on
- It works on marks
- It may involve wiring
- Arrangement of hosing?
- Swindler's offering
- Take for a ride, so to speak
- Con man's job
- Fast-buck artist's ploy
- Con man's activity
- Play for a fool
- Hosing design
- Spanish prisoner, for one
- Nasty bit of trickery
- Deal with a huge catch
- Rip-you-off game
- Swindler's specialty
- Game of no chance
- Attorney general's investigation target
- Shell game, say
- Confidence man's activity
- Con artist's doings
- Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g.
- Bad thing to fall for
- Get-rich-quick offer, usually
- Rook or gull
- A Ponzi scheme is one
- Fraudulent deal
- How a fool and his money are parted
- Any pyramid scheme, e.g.
- Bogus deal
- In retrospect, it may have sounded too good to be true
- "You have won!" email, often
- It has a mark
- Horn-swaggler's forte
- Deceive
- Hustler's scheme
- Con man's thing
- Rip-off artist's ploy
- Phisher's scheme
- Con man's scheme
- Swindler's scheme
- Phishing scheme, e.g.
- Apple varieties / Trick
- Phishing email, e.g.
- Phisher's ploy
- Pull a fast one on
- Main plot element in "The Sting"
- Almost any offer that's too good to be true
- Take in
- Email asking for money, perhaps
- Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation
- Con artist's creation
- Unsafe offer
- Many a robocall
- Many an unrealistic email offer
- Get-rich-quick offer, often
- Fake I.R.S. call, e.g.
- Con artist's plan
- Pecuniary deception
- It's not legit
- Word with the same consonant sounds as "scheme"
- Chisel
- With 41-Down, swindlers
- Suspicious offer, perhaps
- Cellphone alert subject
- Kind of artist
- Get-rich-quick scheme, almost always
- Con artist's ploy
- Phishing, say
- Shady offer
- Many a call requesting personal information
- Many a get-rich-quick scheme
- Email about big lottery winnings, usually
- Bit of trickery
- Message like "You have been selected to win $1,000!" probably
- Email to watch out for
- Con artist's ruse
- Untrustworthy offer
- Almost every get-rich-quick scheme
- Do the hustle?
- "You're a winner!" email, often
- Many a "We've suspended your account" text
- Get-rich-quick scheme, most likely
- Grift
- Car warranty call, usually
- Deceptive offer
- Plea for money from a foreign prince, perhaps
- Message like "You've just won a free cruise!" probably
- Phisher's plan
- "Sonny Spoon" expertise
- ___ likely (caller ID words)
- Email from an heirless prince, probably
- Email from a prince, probably
- Phishing hook
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - October 12, 2024
- LA Times - September 21, 2024
- LA Times - September 15, 2024
- LA Times - September 01, 2024
- New York Times - August 04, 2024
- USA Today - July 22, 2024
- USA Today - June 24, 2024
- USA Today - June 18, 2024
- USA Today - June 07, 2024
- USA Today - June 05, 2024
- LA Times - April 30, 2024
- LA Times - January 18, 2024
- USA Today - January 17, 2024
- USA Today - January 02, 2024
- LA Times - December 14, 2023
- New York Times - December 06, 2023
- LA Times - December 06, 2023
- LA Times - November 15, 2023
- LA Times - October 20, 2023
- USA Today - August 24, 2023
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