- SCAM
- Sting
- Get-rich-quick offering, often
- Hoodwink
- Shell game, e.g.
- Con game
- Con man's trick
- Deceptive act
- Pyramid scheme?
- Three-card monte, for one
- Flimflam
- Plot
- Ponzi scheme
- Phishing
- Apt rhyme of {/sham/}
- Phone call telling you to pay the IRS immediately or you'll be thrown in jail, e.g.
- Confidence trick
- Trump University, e.g.
- A phone call that begins "Hi, this is Mary from the IRS," probably
- Get-rich-quick offer, often
- Shell game
- Telemarketing danger
- Be a con artist
- Ponzi scheme, e.g.
- See who's viewing your profile on Facebook
- You just won a cruise email, e.g.
- E-mail for the spam filter, probably
- It's got a lot of marks
- Mark time?
- Nigerian lottery e-mail, e.g.
- Nigerian prince's offering, e.g.
- Phisher's ploy
- Rip-off
- Dishonest deal
- Sketchy-looking email from PayPal, likely
- Money-losing venture?
- Money-losing proposition
- Spam's content
- Too-good-to-be-true deal
- Crooked plan
- Spam's makeup
- Fraudulent scheme
- Dubious deal
- Con job
- Fleece
- Unbelievable deal?
- Rip-you-off game
- It might take a lot of people?
- Bamboozle
- Fiddle
- Ploy that targets the gullible
- Moneymaking opportunity that isn't
- It's a ____!
- _____ baiting (bit of Internet vigilantism)
- Catch Me If You Can event
- One may be in the form of a pyramid
- It may be pulled on a mark
- Cell phone call that reads "UNKNOWN NAME", probably
- People get taken in in it
- Con artist's game
- Confidence man's game
- Hustle
- Three-card monte, notably
- Sucker play
- Bait and switch, for one
- Three-card monte, e.g.
- Chain letter, perhaps
- Con artist's art
- Pigeon drop, for one
- Pull a fast one
- Pyramid scheme, for example
- Defraud
- Shell game, for one
- Sting operation
- Business fraud
- Confidence game
- Ponzi scheme, for example
- Fraudulent activity
- Con
- Pyramid scheme, e.g.
- Bunko squad concern
- Fraud
- Investment fraud
- Ponzi game, e.g.
- Grifter's game
- Take for a ride
- Cheat
- Con artist's hustle
- Illegal investment scheme
- Phishing, for one
- Nigerian Letter, for one
- Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, for one
- Hustler's gimmick
- Three-card monte is one
- Bogus offer
- Deception
- Email from Nigeria, often
- Frank Abagnale hustle
- Grifter's forte
- Phishing activity
- Run a con on
- Hustler's ploy
- Spanish Prisoner, for one
- Fraudster's offer
- Rainbow, e.g.
- Deceitful business proposal
- Grifter's coup
- It works on suckers
- Trickery
- Take for a ride, so to speak
- Con's con
- Fast one
- Swindler's speciality
- Too-good-to-be-true investment
- Phishing, e.g.
- Pyramid scheme, for one
- Grifter's ploy
- Bogus plan
- Certain artist's forte
- Shady plan
- Plot that's "pulled"
- Grifter's plan
- Ruse
- Email for the spam folder, probably
- Phishing lure
- It may involve wiring
- Nasty bit of trickery
- Shell game, say
- Ponzi scheme, for one
- Email asking for money, perhaps
- Main plot element in "The Sting"
- Take in
- You're a winner! email, often
- Email to watch out for
- Grift
- Many a "We've suspended your account" text
- Phony deal
- Trick
- Bit of trickery
- Phishing, say
- Car warranty call, usually
- Phisher's plan
- Do the hustle?
- Phishing hook
- Bunco
- Act of deception
- Bit of bunco
- Take, in a way
- Bait-and-switch, e.g.
- Chicanery
- Taking-in activity
- Where a mark is taken
- Con man's game
- Racket
- Swindler's plan
- Fraudulent plan
- Illegal scheme
- Shady deal
- Put something over on
- It's a ripoff
- Shady business
- Shady scheme
- Something shady
- Trap for a pigeon
- Take to the cleaners
- Dishonest hustle
- Hosing design
- Bogus deal
- Fraudulent deal
- Cellphone alert subject
- Chisel
- It's not legit
- Pecuniary deception
- Financial deception
- Phony offer
- Crooked deal
- Not a good deal
- Shady thing
- Try to take in
- Unfair play
- It parts a fool and his money
- Set up buddy's con game (4)
- Cheat out of money
- Spot, stain: Scot.
- Entrapment ploy
- Con man's forte
- Con man's scheme
- Operation in "The Sting"
- Con artist's ploy
- Con man's ploy
- Con man's specialty
- Grifter's operation
- Swindler's ruse
- Action shared by a shill
- Con man's ruse
- Handkerchief switch, e.g.
- Game of no chance
- Hornswaggler's forte
- Con man's fakery
- Swindler's ploy
- Thimblerig, e.g.
- Dupe
- Pigeon drop, e.g.
- Case for the consumer affairs bureau
- Hoax
- How a fool and his money are parted
- Con man's con
- Pull a con
- Fast shuffle, so to speak
- Run a game on
- Fraudulent operation
- Ensnaring scheme
- Cozenage
- One may take you in
- E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you, e.g.
- Offer that seems too good to be true, probably
- E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g.
- Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g.
- Contrivance for taking people for a ride
- It takes folks in
- Many an e-mail "click here" offer
- Offer that's too good to be true, often
- One reported to the Better Business Bureau
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually
- Goal of phishing
- Too-good-to-be-true offer, often
- Do a Bernie Madoff job on
- Fleecing
- Fool
- Almost any "Get rich quick!" offer
- Get-rich-quick offer, typically
- Grift, e.g.
- Many a carnival game
- Put one over on
- Source of ill-gotten gains
- Arrangement of hosing?
- Play for a fool
- Attorney general's investigation target
- Deal with a huge catch
- Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g.
- Rook or gull
- Email about big lottery winnings, usually
- Many a get-rich-quick scheme
- Almost any offer that's too good to be true
- Apple varieties / Trick
- Phishing scheme, e.g.
- Pull a fast one on
- Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation
- Fake I.R.S. call, e.g.
- Kind of artist
- With 41-Down, swindlers
- Almost every get-rich-quick scheme
- Plea for money from a foreign prince, perhaps
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, maybe
- Artist's work?
- Contract cheat
- Record label fast one
- Take for a ride, in a way
- The pigeon drop is one
- Fast buck source
- Ponzi scheme, say
- A tourist might fall for one
- Quick buck source
- Anna Delvey endeavor
- Get-rich-quick scheme, almost always
- Message like "You have been selected to win $1,000!" probably
- Shady offer
- Ploy targeting the naïve
- Threatening voice mail from an "I.R.S. agent"
- ___ Likely (caller-I.D. warning)
- Con pulled by a hustler
- Facebook post offering free bitcoin, probably
- ___ Goddess (Laci Mosley podcast "dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it")
- Go phish, say
- Too-good-to-be-true deal, probably
- It's not to be believed
- Hood's hoodwink
- A fast one
- Dupe's undoing
- Fleecing activity
- Patsy's downfall
- Bait and switch is one
- Fast-buck artist's ploy
- Act of fraud
- Source of illegitimate income
- Unethical way to make money
- Con artist's work
- Con man's activity
- Con man's job
- A Ponzi scheme is one
- Any pyramid scheme, e.g.
- Con man's thing
- Deceive
- It has a mark
- Bad thing to fall for
- Phishing email, e.g.
- Many an unrealistic email offer
- Word with the same consonant sounds as "scheme"
- Account temporarily suspended email, usually
- Fake call from the IRS, e.g.
- Many a call requesting personal information
- Phishing attempt, e.g.
- Swindler's scheme
- Make money without working offer, probably
- Fraudulent offer
- Instance of fraud
- ___ Likely (annoying caller ID)
- Gull's trap
- Illegal operation
- Pigeon drop <P>e.g.
- Free money offer
- Rip off in a way
- Grifter's scheme
- Flimflam scheme
- Deceptive scheme
- Nigerian e-mail, sometimes
- Bunco game
- Grifter's specialty
- Your cheatin' art
- Hustler's scheme
- Phisher's scheme
- Rip-off artist's ploy
- Con artist's creation
- Unsafe offer
- Con artist's plan
- Many a robocall
- Suspicious offer, perhaps
- Con artist's ruse
- Get-rich-quick scheme, most likely
- Untrustworthy offer
- Make $10,000 in two days post, probably
- Deceptive offer
- Message like "You've just won a free cruise!" probably
- Email from a prince, probably
- Email from an heirless prince, probably
- ___ likely (caller ID words)
- Ponzi's deed
- Grifter's work
- Spam offer, often
- Catfishing, e.g.
- It works on marks
- Phishing expedition
- One might get a mark
- Swindler's con
- Con artist's con
- Fraudster's ploy
- Gull or rook
- One might take you in
- Phishing offer
- Sketchy offer
- Phishing attempt
- Phishing offer, e.g.
- Too-good-to-be-true offer
- Grifter's racket
- Rook
- Con artist's moneymaker
- One might take in a few marks
- Typical get-rich-quick offer
- Phishing attempt, say
- Smishing, for one
