| Con trick (4) |
Puzzler |
17 Mar 2026 |
| Dishonest scheme (4) |
Mirror Quick |
17 Mar 2026 |
| His camera captured fraud (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 Mar 2026 |
| Dishonest scheme |
USA Today Quick |
11 Mar 2026 |
| Fraudulent scheme putting coats up (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 Mar 2026 |
| Shady scheme |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2026 |
| Fraudulent activity |
USA Today Quick |
27 Feb 2026 |
| Con |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Feb 2026 |
| Racket |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Feb 2026 |
| Fiddle starts to sound clearer after maintenance |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Feb 2026 |
| Con |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2026 |
| Phisher's scheme |
Universal |
13 Feb 2026 |
| Dishonest scheme |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Feb 2026 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jan 2026 |
| Text that says "Congratulations! You've won a MacBook Pro," probably |
New York Times |
18 Jan 2026 |
| Fraud |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jan 2026 |
| Swindler's scheme |
Universal |
09 Jan 2026 |
| Complicated swindle |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Jan 2026 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Jan 2026 |
| Con job |
USA Today Quick |
27 Dec 2025 |
| Swindle |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Dec 2025 |
| Con game |
|
|
| Many a text that claims to be from your bank |
The Atlantic |
18 Dec 2025 |
| Con |
LA Times Daily |
18 Dec 2025 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2025 |
| Dishonest plan |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Dec 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme |
Commuter |
13 Dec 2025 |
| Defraud second Conservative politician in Wales formerly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Dec 2025 |
| Phishing scheme, e.g. |
Universal |
06 Dec 2025 |
| Hustle |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2025 |
| Swindle |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Nov 2025 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Two-thirds of seafood is swindle (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Nov 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme |
Commuter |
06 Nov 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme among shameless campers (4) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
02 Nov 2025 |
| Phishing line? |
LA Times Daily |
31 Oct 2025 |
| One might start "Your Social Security number has been compromised" |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Total rip-off |
New York Times Mini |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Call offering you a free vacation, probably |
Universal |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Too-good-to-be-true offer, usually |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme (4) |
Mirror Quick |
12 Oct 2025 |
| Monkey scratching bottom sees rook (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Oct 2025 |
| His camera captured fraud (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 Oct 2025 |
| Grifter's scheme |
Commuter |
06 Oct 2025 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| An "I.R.S. agent" asking you to buy gift cards, e.g. |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2025 |
| Yell, not about deception |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Sep 2025 |
| What a calling "Nigerian Prince" may be trying to do |
|
|
| Monkey leaving penny for rook |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Sep 2025 |
| Grifter's game |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2025 |
| Shady business |
Commuter |
12 Sep 2025 |
| Con game |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Many a get-rich-quick offer |
New York Times |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Rip-off |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Complicated swindle |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme (4) |
Mirror Quick |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Deal that's too good to be true, often |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2025 |
| His camera captured fraud (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Racket |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Con game |
|
|
| Dishonest plan |
Puzzler Backwords |
25 Jul 2025 |
| Fraudulent activity |
The Telegraph Mini |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Email offer from a Nigerian prince, probably |
Universal |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Rogue endlessly committing fraud (4) |
|
|
| Swindle of reversible rainwear? |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme, fraud |
|
|
| Dishonest scheme |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Confidence trick, shady business (4) |
|
|
| American uncle holding cent to be a swindle (4) |
|
|
| Con |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Grift |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Con game |
Commuter |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Computers brought round for fraudulent scheme |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Phony deal |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Sam admits first-class fraud (4) |
|
|
| Con game |
Newsday |
01 Jul 2025 |
| Fraudulent offer |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Monkey scratching back sees rook (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Fraudulent offer |
USA Today |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme |
Commuter |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Fraud |
USA Today Quick |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Swindle captured by one's camera (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Jun 2025 |
| A text saying "Congratulations! You've won a $1,000 gift card," usually |
New York Times Mini |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Swindle rascal endlessly (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
12 Jun 2025 |
| "___ likely" (warning that might accompany a call from an unknown number) |
|
|
| Swindle |
Universal |
04 Jun 2025 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
29 May 2025 |
| Rascal's unending racket |
|
|
| Dishonest scheme (4) |
Puzzler |
18 May 2025 |
| Trick boy around start of competition (4) |
|
|
| Shady scheme |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme |
Puzzler Backwords |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Phony deal |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Don't fall for it! |
Universal |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Swindle with Scotsman's backing (4) |
|
|
| Offer that seems too good to be true, probably |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Shady offer |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Young rascal failing to complete swindle |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Trick rogue, quietly departing |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Many a message from a "Nigerian prince" |
Universal |
04 Apr 2025 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
New York Times |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Leaders in some criminal alliance masterminding trick (4) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| "Grandma, I'm in jail, send money!" call, likely |
|
|
| ___ Likely (shady phone call warning) |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Shady offer |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Dishonest scheme |
Commuter |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Each beginning on solo, clarinet and maybe fiddle (4) |
|
|
| Swindle |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Con |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2025 |
| Complicated swindle |
Puzzler Backwords |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Sketchy offer |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Con |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Subject of a fraud alert |
|
|
| A dishonest scheme (4) |
|
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| Confidence trick (coll) |
|
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| Con(4) |
|
|
| Southern English banker in dishonest scheme (4) |
|
|
| ___ Likely (caller-ID alert) |
|
|
| Dishonest scheme |
Commuter |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Three-card monte, e.g. |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Dishonest plan |
Puzzler Backwords |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Ponzi scheme is one |
|
|
| Crooked business may smack endlessly of change (4) |
|
|
| There's no end to rascal's illegal activity (4) |
|
|
| Fraud |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Swindle turncoats (4) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Fraud |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Bait and switch is one |
Family Time |
10 Feb 2025 |
| A number of musicians came with fiddle (4) |
|
|
| Fraud with some worthless cameras |
|
|
| Apple computers lifted in con (4) |
|
|
| Shady business, swindle (4) |
|
|
| Money-making hoax |
The Times Concise |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Dishonest racket (4) |
Mirror Quick |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Telemarketing call, maybe |
|
|
| Some press campaign fraud |
|
|
| Fake deal |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2025 |
| His camera captured fraud |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Some con artists may, initially |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Pull a fast one on |
Universal |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Uncle in America gets caught in a Ponzi scheme (4) |
|
|
| Rogue quietly abandoned a swindle |
|
|
| Confidence trick (4) |
Puzzler |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Dodge |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Bogus deal |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jan 2025 |
| His camera captured fiddle (4) |
|
|
| No Oriental reclamations - it's a fraud! (4) |
|
|
| Shady scheme requiring computers to be set up |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Rascal leaving Piano & Fiddle |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Fraud, con |
|
|
| Sting (sl) (4) |
|
|
| Con man's con |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Small device for recording fiddle |
|
|
| Con |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Fiddle about during kinky sex |
|
|
| First to span river in Dodge |
|
|
| Dishonest scheme |
Mirror Quick |
03 Dec 2024 |
| His camera captured fraud |
Mirror Cryptic |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Sam, around Casablanca's opening, makes a racket (4) |
|
|
| His camera captured fraud |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Dishonest scheme |
Mirror Quick |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Dishonest scheme infiltrating this campus (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Nov 2024 |
| Trick |
|
|
| Swindle or |
|
|
| Deception from leaders of some cult avoiding members (4) |
|
|
| Monkey losing tail makes racket |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Dishonest scheme |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Get-rich-quick scheme, usually |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Phishing, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Get-rich-quick plan, usually |
|
|
| Swindle |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Con |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Rip-off scheme |
|
|
| Con game |
|
|
| WhatsApp request for money, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Fraudulent scheme |
Commuter |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Ponzi scheme, eg. |
|
|
| Syndicate's top punters often use this rigged scheme |
|
|
| Swindle (inf.) (4) |
|
|
| His camera captures racket (4) |
|
|
| Deception |
The Sun Mini |
14 Oct 2024 |
| Call pretending to be from the police, for example |
|
|
| Phishing hook |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Hoodwink |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Not a great deal |
Newsday |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Phone call purporting to be from the police, maybe |
|
|
| Email from a royal prince, perhaps |
|
|
| Con |
LA Times Daily |
21 Sep 2024 |
| Swindle taking place in this campaign (4) |
|
|
| US uncle gets around Charlie's fraudulent scheme |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
21 Sep 2024 |
| Phishing attempt, say |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Pyramid scheme |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Swindle lawyer in the morning |
|
|
| Confidence trick, swindle (4) |
|
|
| Computers set up for fraud |
|
|
| Tricky business, namely amplitude modulation (4) |
|
|
| Racket made by naughty kid not keeping quiet |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Call from an unknown number, often |
|
|
| Call from an "I.R.S. agent" who needs your Social Security number right now, e.g. |
|
|
| Con |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Swindle |
Commuter |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Some miss Cameron (Con) (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Do the hustle? |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Mcenroe's thrown up racket (4) |
|
|
| Dishonest scheme |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Aug 2024 |
| Monkey scratching bottom sees rook |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Aug 2024 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Something shady |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2024 |
| Shady scheme |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Fraud |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Shady deal |
Commuter |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Rip-off |
New York Times |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Engine part under rear of tennis racket (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Email from a prince, probably |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Returning raincoats a confidence trick (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Jul 2024 |
| A swindle by Mr Weller around 3rd December (4) |
|
|
| Take for a ride |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Swindle, cheat and manipulate first (4) |
|
|
| What an unexpected call from an IRS agent probably is |
|
|
| Swindle |
Mirror Quick |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Con game |
Universal |
09 Jul 2024 |
| His camera captured illegal operation |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Jul 2024 |
| What is a fraudulent plan for making money? (4) |
|
|
| Complicated swindle |
Puzzler Backwords |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Flimflam |
Commuter |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Confidence trick captured by this camera (4) |
|
|
| Intriguing development |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Illegal operation |
Mirror Quick |
28 Jun 2024 |
| His camera captured swindle |
Mirror Cryptic |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Anna Delvey's specialty |
|
|
| Rip-off (sl) (4) |
|
|
| Phishing, e.g. |
USA Today |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Ponzi scheme, eg (4) |
Commuter |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Word that fittingly rhymes with "spam" |
|
|
| Fraudulent scheme |
Commuter |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Get-rich-quick scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Email from an heirless prince, probably |
USA Today |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Dishonest plan (4) |
Puzzler Backwords |
18 Jun 2024 |
| 00de deal where coats turned up (4) |
|
|
| ___ likely (caller ID words) |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Clear off without right racket |
|
|
| Swindle, crooked business (4) |
|
|
| Rip-off |
USA Today |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Con |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Phishing bait? |
|
|
| Trick American uncle holding cent (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
26 May 2024 |
| His camera captures fiddle |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 May 2024 |
| Swindle |
Mirror Quick |
26 May 2024 |
| Swindle, con |
The Times Concise |
25 May 2024 |
| Con of recalled computers? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 May 2024 |
| Hoax |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 May 2024 |
| Flipping computers making a racket (4) |
|
|
| Fraudulent scheme |
Commuter |
15 May 2024 |
| Deception |
The Sun Mini |
13 May 2024 |
| Shady scheme |
Newsday |
12 May 2024 |
| Grifter's specialty |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2024 |
| Letter claiming you won a prize, probably |
|
|
| Con |
Thomas Joseph |
07 May 2024 |
| Was a second English runner involved in a swindle? (4) |
|
|
| Specific aim to empty everything, it's a fraud (4) |
|
|
| Phishing, e.g. |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2024 |
| That email from a Nigerian prince, most likely |
|
|
| Phony deal |
Newsday |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Dishonest scheme |
Commuter |
17 Apr 2024 |
| A swindle (sl) (4) |
|
|
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Dishonest scheme |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Monkey endlessly makes racket |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Moneymaking racket |
|
|
| Dishonest scheme |
Commuter |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Fraudulent scheme |
Commuter |
30 Mar 2024 |
| Apt rhyme for "spam" |
Commuter |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Ponzi scheme, for example |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2024 |
| Attempt to fleece money from people |
|
|
| Rogue almost completed fraud (4) |
|
|
| Con |
Family Time |
17 Mar 2024 |
| Swindling business (4) |
|
|
| Swindle or rip-off |
|
|
| Flower on end of tennis racket |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Mar 2024 |
| Computers set up phishing attack? |
|
|
| Cheat to get the coats back (4) |
|
|
| Con artist's scheme |
|
|
| Smishing, for one |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Phishing, for example |
Commuter |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Trick |
|
|
| Get away after outing Republican swindle |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Dishonest scheme in South Carolina in the morning (4) |
|
|
| Dishonest scheme (4) |
Puzzler |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Tricky business in Thailand one replaced with carbon (4) |
|
|
| Con man's cunning con |
Family Time |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Improper taking |
Newsday |
03 Feb 2024 |
| Fraudulent scheme |
Commuter |
02 Feb 2024 |
| Con trick |
Puzzler Backwords |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Con game |
Universal |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Swindle |
Mirror Quick |
26 Jan 2024 |
| His camera captured dodgy operation |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Swindle sees rascal ultimately wanting |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
24 Jan 2024 |
| ____ Interceptors, BBC consumer show about internet fraud, hosted by Rav Wilding (4) |
|
|
| Fraud |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Phishing scheme, e.g. |
Universal |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Bogus business |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Bogus offer |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Fraudulent scheme |
Commuter |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Bamboozle |
USA Today |
17 Jan 2024 |
| Phishing email, e.g. |
Commuter |
17 Jan 2024 |
| Returning raincoats a confidence trick (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jan 2024 |
| A dishonest scheme or fraud (4) |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Run a con game |
|
|
| Fleece coats from down under |
|
|
| Trick? Scot's bowled over |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Dishonest scheme |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Swindle of reversible rainwear? |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Shady deal |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Ballas, Revel Horwood, Du Beke and Mabuse initially make a racket! (4) |
|
|
| Go away, not right to include confidence trick (4) |
|
|
| Con |
LA Times Daily |
14 Dec 2023 |
| ___ Likely (warning accompanying a phone call) |
|
|
| Fraudulent scheme? Clear off — not right! |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Hustle |
New York Times |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Phisher's plan |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Starts to sing creating a monstrous racket (4) |
|
|
| Pull a fast one on |
Commuter |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Forgery swindle starts to fall apart - scout leaders taken in by dodgy make (4,4) |
|
|
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Con |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Scheme, usually illegal (4) |
Puzzler |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Bamboozle |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Not a good deal |
Newsday |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Oct 2023 |
| Deception |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2023 |
| Swindle |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2023 |
| Recall computers making racket |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Sep 2023 |
| Rip off |
USA Today |
17 Sep 2023 |
| Message like 'You've just won a free cruise!' probably |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Try to take in |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Ponzi or phishing scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Con |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Ponzi scheme, say |
Universal |
03 Aug 2023 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2023 |
| Pyramid scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Defraud |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Offer that seems too good to be true, usually |
Universal |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Swindle |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2023 |
| 'Make $10,000 in two days' post, probably |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2023 |
| Shady scheme |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2023 |
| Many an email from a Nigerian prince |
Universal |
30 Jun 2023 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jun 2023 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
26 Jun 2023 |
| Con |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jun 2023 |
| Heads of Swiss company ably manufacturing fiddle |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Flimflam |
Premier Sunday |
18 Jun 2023 |
| Plea for money from a foreign prince, perhaps |
New York Times |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
30 May 2023 |
| Offer you shouldn't accept |
USA Today |
28 May 2023 |
| Fast one |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2023 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
13 May 2023 |
| Shady scheme |
Universal |
10 May 2023 |
| Con |
LA Times Daily |
07 May 2023 |
| Con man's con |
Thomas Joseph |
06 May 2023 |
| Confidence trick |
The Times Concise |
25 Apr 2023 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Apr 2023 |
| Bamboozle |
New York Times |
23 Apr 2023 |
| Bogus deal |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2023 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2023 |
| Shady thing |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2023 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2023 |
| A con game |
|
|
| ___ Likely (phone warning) |
Universal |
11 Mar 2023 |
| Deceptive offer |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2023 |
| Car warranty call, usually |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Foreclosure email, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Feb 2023 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Feb 2023 |
| Unfair play |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2023 |
| Grifter's scheme |
Universal |
09 Feb 2023 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Jan 2023 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Rip-off |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2022 |
| Fraudulent scheme |
USA Today |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Fraud involving computers being recalled |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Dec 2022 |
| Grift |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2022 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Swindle |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Dec 2022 |
| Trick |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2022 |
| Many a pyramid scheme |
|
|
| Swindle |
Premier Sunday |
20 Nov 2022 |
| Con game |
Universal |
16 Nov 2022 |
| "Make money without working" offer, probably |
Universal |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Trick created by cheeky fellow (the penny’s dropped!) |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Nov 2022 |
| Fraudulent offer |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2022 |
| Phishing, e.g |
Universal |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Do some tremendous campaigning |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Con |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2022 |
| Swindle |
Universal |
27 Oct 2022 |
| Fake financial scheme |
|
|
| Ploy |
Family Time |
17 Oct 2022 |
| Get-rich-quick scheme, most likely |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2022 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Many a "We've suspended your account" text |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2022 |
| Trick, swindle |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Sep 2022 |
| Swindler's scheme |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Con job |
Premier Sunday |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Con |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2022 |
| "You're a winner!" email, often |
LA Times Daily |
23 Aug 2022 |
| Phony deal |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2022 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
Universal |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Rip-off |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Act of deceit |
Family Time |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Bogus offer |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2022 |
| Trick |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Swindle |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Instance of fraud |
Universal |
08 Jul 2022 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jul 2022 |
| Grifter's game |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2022 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Jun 2022 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
28 Jun 2022 |
| Money-losing racket |
|
|
| Ripoff |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2022 |
| Do the hustle? |
New York Times |
06 Jun 2022 |
| Untrustworthy offer |
USA Today |
20 May 2022 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
18 May 2022 |
| Con job |
LA Times Daily |
13 May 2022 |
| Con job |
|
|
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2022 |
| Fraudulent scheme |
USA Today |
04 May 2022 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
04 May 2022 |
| Hustle |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2022 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Apr 2022 |
| Little rascal destroying quiet, making racket |
|
|
| ___ Likely (annoying caller ID) |
Universal |
15 Apr 2022 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
Family Time |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Run away from 14 down - it's a shady deal |
|
|
| Rascal dismissing pressure to swindle |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Mar 2022 |
| Take for a ride |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Mar 2022 |
| Turn computers into a dishonest business |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2022 |
| Rip-off covered up by Thomas Campion |
|
|
| Crooked scheme rascal detailed |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Mar 2022 |
| Fraud caught morning after end of assizes |
|
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| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Feb 2022 |
| Con job |
|
|
| Con job |
LA Times Daily |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Bamboozle |
New York Times |
04 Feb 2022 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jan 2022 |
| Fraudulent offer |
Universal |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Crooked deal |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2022 |
| Con artist's ruse |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2022 |
| Email to watch out for |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2022 |
| Too-good-to-be-true offer |
Universal |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Con man's con |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Dec 2021 |
| ___ Likely (common caller ID) |
Universal |
04 Dec 2021 |
| Message like 'You have been selected to win $1,000!' probably |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2021 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Dec 2021 |
| Phishing scheme, e.g |
Universal |
25 Nov 2021 |
| "Enter your Social Security number to win free AirPods!," e.g |
Universal |
18 Nov 2021 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Nov 2021 |
| Racket made by little monkey losing tail |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Nov 2021 |
| Shady deal |
Family Time |
08 Nov 2021 |
| Phony offer |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Bit of trickery |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Bit of trickery |
|
|
| Monkey scratching bottom sees rook |
|
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| Fraud |
The Times Concise |
19 Oct 2021 |
| Rip off |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Oct 2021 |
| Con man's con |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Sep 2021 |
| "Account temporarily suspended" email, usually |
Universal |
23 Sep 2021 |
| Fake financial scheme |
|
|
| Con job |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2021 |
| Con job |
|
|
| Con job |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Phishing, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Sep 2021 |
| Fake call from the IRS, e.g |
Universal |
10 Sep 2021 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Dodge 22, briefly |
|
|
| Fiddle with prawns pulling tails off |
|
|
| Dishonest scheme |
Family Time |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Phishing attempt, e.g |
Universal |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Hoax |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Aug 2021 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jul 2021 |
| Email about big lottery winnings, usually |
New York Times |
13 Jul 2021 |
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jul 2021 |
| Many a get-rich-quick scheme |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2021 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Rascal's endless swindle |
|
|
| Swindler's scheme |
Universal |
03 Jun 2021 |
| Many a call requesting personal information |
Universal |
29 May 2021 |
| Fraudulent money-making scheme |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme, for example |
USA Today |
08 May 2021 |
| Con game |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Hoodwink |
New York Times |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Shady offer |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2021 |
| Phishing, say |
|
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| Phishing, say |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2021 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
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| Fraud |
The Times Concise |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Hustle |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Dishonest practice |
|
|
| Bogus deal |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2021 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Feb 2021 |
| Con artist's ploy |
Universal |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Penny extracted from villain's fraud |
|
|
| Financial deception |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Dubious financial scheme |
|
|
| Swindler's plan |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2021 |
| Sales campaign includes dishonest scheme |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Con man's con |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Feb 2021 |
| Get-rich-quick scheme, almost always |
USA Today |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Racket |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Jan 2021 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Shady deal |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Bogus offer |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2021 |
| Swindle |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2021 |
| Dishonest scheme |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jan 2021 |
| Swindle |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Dec 2020 |
| Racket as raincoat's lifted |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Dec 2020 |
| Kind of artist |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2020 |
| The imp leaves quietly for a hustle |
|
|
| Con job |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Nov 2020 |
| One might take in a few marks |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Nov 2020 |
| Cellphone alert subject |
Newsday |
24 Oct 2020 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Con |
LA Times Daily |
15 Oct 2020 |
| Con |
|
|
| Suspicious offer, perhaps |
USA Today |
08 Oct 2020 |
| With 41-Down, swindlers |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2020 |
| Trickery from monkey scratching rear |
|
|
| Racket strings catgut, afterwards metal, for beginners |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Aug 2020 |
| Racket made by little monkey on losing tail |
|
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| Meat cost regularly on reflection is a swindle |
|
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| Chisel |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Do Burberrys over? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Smart Alec misses alert of fraud |
|
|
| Dubious financial scheme |
|
|
| Being heartless, get away with trick |
|
|
| Word with the same consonant sounds as "scheme" |
Universal |
04 Jul 2020 |
| Deceptive scheme |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2020 |
| Bogus offer |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Bogus offer |
|
|
| Bogus deal |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Investment fraud, say |
|
|
| A con game |
|
|
| It's not legit |
Newsday |
31 May 2020 |
| Racket |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2020 |
| Pecuniary deception |
Newsday |
08 May 2020 |
| Fraudulent scheme |
|
|
| Fraudulent scheme |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 May 2020 |
| Con artist's plan |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Hoodwink |
Premier Sunday |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Fake I.R.S. call, e.g |
New York Times |
11 Mar 2020 |
| Too-good-to-be-true offer |
|
|
| Fraudulent act |
|
|
| Curtailed rascal's swindle |
|
|
| Con game |
Universal |
24 Feb 2020 |
| Swindle |
Premier Sunday |
02 Feb 2020 |
| Take in |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Feb 2020 |
| Trick |
|
|
| Many a robocall |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2020 |
| Fleece coats returned |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Shell game, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Bad thing to fall for |
Universal |
25 Dec 2019 |
| Unsafe offer |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2019 |
| Con artist's creation |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2019 |
| Instance of fraud |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2019 |
| Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation |
New York Times |
05 Dec 2019 |
| Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation |
|
|
| Swindle |
Newsday |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Grifter's ploy |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2019 |
| Grifter's game |
New York Times |
03 Nov 2019 |
| Grifter's game |
|
|
| Fleece overcoats? |
|
|
| Rip-off artist's ploy |
USA Today |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Pyramid scheme, e.g |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2019 |
| Shell game |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2019 |
| A swindle |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Email asking for money, perhaps |
|
|
| Email asking for money, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2019 |
| Crooked deal |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2019 |
| Devious scheme |
|
|
| Take in |
|
|
| Take in |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2019 |
| Con game |
The Guardian Speedy |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Scotsman loses tons in fraudulent scheme |
|
|
| Shell game, e.g |
USA Today |
16 Aug 2019 |
| Half-cut scally initially makes racket |
|
|
| Rip-off |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2019 |
| Con |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jul 2019 |
| Racket |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Fast one |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Fast one |
|
|
| Almost any offer that's too good to be true |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Main plot element in 'The Sting' |
|
|
| Main plot element in "The Sting" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Pull a fast one on |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2019 |
| Phisher's ploy |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Rip-off |
Universal |
13 Jun 2019 |
| Shell game, e.g |
|
|
| Shell game, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Grifter's specialty |
Wall Street Journal |
29 May 2019 |
| Anna Delvey endeavor |
|
|
| Fraudulent act |
|
|
| Phishing email, e.g |
Universal |
18 May 2019 |
| Con game |
Family Time |
13 May 2019 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
Universal |
30 Apr 2019 |
| Apple varieties / Trick |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2019 |
| Fraudulent scheme |
|
|
| Hoax |
The Times Concise |
02 Apr 2019 |
| Con job |
LA Times Daily |
01 Apr 2019 |
| Con job |
|
|
| Swindle |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Mar 2019 |
| Confidence trick |
The Guardian Speedy |
17 Mar 2019 |
| Con game |
Premier Sunday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Phishing scheme, e.g |
New York Times |
27 Feb 2019 |
| Many an e-mail "click here" offer |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2019 |
| . Con makes rogue lose power |
|
|
| Con |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Feb 2019 |
| Swindle |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Feb 2019 |
| Fleece and reversible raincoats? |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Feb 2019 |
| Many a get-rich-quick scheme |
Universal |
26 Jan 2019 |
| Swindler's scheme |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2019 |
| 1's in retirement rip-off |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Jan 2019 |
| Con job |
Family Time |
13 Jan 2019 |
| Almost any offer that's too good to be true |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Phishing email, e.g. |
|
|
| Swindler's scheme |
|
|
| Shell game, e.g. |
|
|
| Rip-off artist's ploy |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Phisher's ploy |
|
|
| Crooked deal |
|
|
| Con job |
|
|
| Email asking for money, perhaps |
|
|
| Fast one |
|
|
| Main plot element in "The Sting" |
|
|
| Take in |
|
|
| Shell game, e.g. |
|
|
| Rip-off |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Many a get-rich-quick scheme |
|
|
| Con |
|
|
| Con artist's moneymaker |
|
|
| Con game |
|
|
| Con man's scheme |
|
|
| Con man's scheme |
USA Today |
01 Jan 2019 |
| Grifter's specialty |
|
|
| Racket |
|
|
| Swindle |
|
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| Rip-off |
|
|
| Racket |
|
|
| Pull a fast one on |
|
|
| Phishing scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Apple varieties / Trick |
|
|
| Phisher's scheme |
USA Today |
31 Dec 2018 |
| Dishonest scheme |
The Times Concise |
28 Dec 2018 |
| Rip-off cutting of Genus Camellia |
|
|
| Dodge swimmer's head on river |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Nov 2018 |
| Con man's thing |
Universal |
21 Nov 2018 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
11 Nov 2018 |
| Catfishing, e.g |
|
|
| Swindle of reversible rainwear? |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Oct 2018 |
| Dishonest scheme |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Oct 2018 |
| Reversible raincoats and fleece |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Sep 2018 |
| Flipping Apple products can be a con |
|
|
| Hustler's scheme |
USA Today |
14 Sep 2018 |
| Swindle |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Sep 2018 |
| Racket in returning laptops, say |
|
|
| Rook |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Aug 2018 |
| Rip off |
|
|
| Shady deal |
|
|
| Reversible raincoats to take to the cleaners |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Jul 2018 |
| Hustle |
|
|
| 16 down's small flower |
|
|
| Run a con on |
New York Times |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Deceive |
Universal |
15 May 2018 |
| Con |
Universal |
14 May 2018 |
| Monkey endlessly makes racket |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 May 2018 |
| Swindle |
The Times Concise |
22 Apr 2018 |
| Phishing, e.g |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2018 |
| Grifter's racket |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Apr 2018 |
| It has a mark |
Universal |
29 Mar 2018 |
| "You have won!" email, often |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Con artist's game |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2018 |
| Devious scheme |
|
|
| In retrospect, it may have sounded too good to be true |
|
|
| Cheat heading for South on river |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Mar 2018 |
| In retrospect, it may have sounded too good to be true |
LA Times Daily |
09 Mar 2018 |
| Con trick |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Mar 2018 |
| Con job |
|
|
| Three-card monte, e.g |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2018 |
| Man or woman ringing about fiddle |
|
|
| Scheme belongs in sales campaign |
|
|
| Monkey endlessly makes a racket |
|
|
| A con |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2018 |
| Phisher's scheme |
|
|
| Hustle |
|
|
| Grifter's racket |
|
|
| Three-card monte, e.g. |
|
|
| Phishing, e.g. |
|
|
| Run a con on |
|
|
| Hustler's scheme |
|
|
| Bogus offer |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Rip off |
|
|
| Rook |
|
|
| It has a mark |
|
|
| Deceive |
|
|
| Con man's thing |
|
|
| Con |
|
|
| Flimflam |
Premier Sunday |
31 Dec 2017 |
| Fraud when computers backed up |
|
|
| Such arms, oddly, may hold a fiddle |
|
|
| Fraud |
Universal |
27 Nov 2017 |
| Fleece |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2017 |
| Pyramid scheme, e.g |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2017 |
| Bait-and-switch, e.g |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2017 |
| Dishonest activity taking son to front of academic stream |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Any pyramid scheme, e.g |
Universal |
24 Oct 2017 |
| Rip off raincoats to throw back |
|
|
| Put one over on |
Family Time |
22 Oct 2017 |
| Scotsmen to do a turn, using fiddle |
|
|
| Rip-off |
|
|
| Rip-off |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2017 |
| Morning after Scotland reveals swindle |
|
|
| Ensnaring scheme |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Aug 2017 |
| Fraudulent deal |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2017 |
| Rip-off |
The Times Concise |
06 Aug 2017 |
| Fraud upset Apple computers |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jul 2017 |
| A Ponzi scheme is one |
Universal |
24 Jun 2017 |
| Rogue's short trick |
|
|
| Fraudulent operation |
Thomas Joseph |
29 May 2017 |
| Illegitimate money-making scheme |
|
|
| Swindle |
The Guardian Speedy |
20 May 2017 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
Family Time |
14 May 2017 |
| Rook or gull |
New York Times |
11 May 2017 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
USA Today |
06 May 2017 |
| Too-good-to-be-true offer |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Scheme belonging to sales campaign |
|
|
| Fiddle with computers the wrong way |
|
|
| Phishing offer, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Apr 2017 |
| Defraud |
Newsday |
02 Apr 2017 |
| Rip-off causing some laptops to be returned |
|
|
| Get-rich-quick offer, usually |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2017 |
| Phishing attempt |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Feb 2017 |
| Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g |
New York Times |
25 Jan 2017 |
| Shady scheme |
Newsday |
25 Jan 2017 |
| Bamboozle |
Premier Sunday |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Con game |
|
|
| Reversible raincoats? Must be a con trick |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Jan 2017 |
| Con |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Rip-off |
|
|
| Rook or gull |
|
|
| Bait-and-switch, e.g. |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Fraud |
|
|
| Any pyramid scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| A Ponzi scheme is one |
|
|
| Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g. |
|
|
| Hustle |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2016 |
| Scotsman's recalled fraudster's business |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Dec 2016 |
| Scotsman's recalled fraudster's business |
|
|
| Con artist's doings |
Universal |
09 Dec 2016 |
| Confidence man's activity |
Universal |
29 Nov 2016 |
| Pull a fast one on the fringes of Scottish football team |
|
|
| Hustle |
Newsday |
22 Oct 2016 |
| Last in Oaks? You can have a punt on it but it's a fiddle! |
|
|
| Fraudulent operation |
Universal |
14 Oct 2016 |
| Phishing offer |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2016 |
| Sketchy offer |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Oct 2016 |
| Bogus plan |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2016 |
| Napoleon's campaign must reveal this dirty trick |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Sep 2016 |
| Shell game, say |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2016 |
| Hustler's ploy |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2016 |
| Attorney general's investigation target |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2016 |
| Some computers returned in dodgy scheme |
|
|
| Gull or rook |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jul 2016 |
| Swindle as rascal, extracting last penny |
|
|
| Do back up computers |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Jun 2016 |
| Do back up computers |
|
|
| Take for a ride, so to speak |
Universal |
16 May 2016 |
| Take for a ride |
Universal |
06 May 2016 |
| Swindler's scheme |
|
|
| Con artist's work |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2016 |
| Small river is a fast one |
|
|
| Con game |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Mar 2016 |
| Bogus offer |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2016 |
| Con game |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2016 |
| One might take you in |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2016 |
| Fraudster's ploy |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Feb 2016 |
| Take for a ride |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Con artist's con |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2016 |
| Grifter's game |
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| Dodge seeing raincoat's lifted |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Jan 2016 |
| Fleece |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Deal with a huge catch |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Fiddle with small flower |
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| Bamboozle |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jan 2016 |
| Hustle |
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| Deal with a huge catch |
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| Shell game, say |
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| Hustler's ploy |
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| Attorney general's investigation target |
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| Act of deception |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2015 |
| Con game |
LA Times Daily |
22 Dec 2015 |
| Nasty bit of trickery |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2015 |
| Spanish Prisoner, for one |
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| Don loves Cambridge? Only part of it |
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| Con trick |
The Guardian Speedy |
08 Nov 2015 |
| Eccentric holding aloft Stradivari's first fiddle |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Oct 2015 |
| One might get a mark |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Oct 2015 |
| Pyramid scheme, for one |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2015 |
| Put up rainwear in a swindle |
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| Grifter's game |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2015 |
| Pull a fast one on the fringes of Scottish team |
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| Hosing design |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2015 |
| Take to the cleaners |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Swindler's con |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Play for a fool |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2015 |
| Con man's activity |
Universal |
03 Oct 2015 |
| Con game |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Sep 2015 |
| Fraud from flipping computers |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Aug 2015 |
| Avuncular American entertained many a swindle |
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| Fraud |
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| Small computer manufacturer upsets Sting |
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| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
Universal |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Something deceitful in this campaign |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Jun 2015 |
| Con man's job |
Universal |
28 May 2015 |
| Take for a ride |
New York Times |
03 May 2015 |
| Mischievous child�s endless racket |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Apr 2015 |
| Grifter's specialty |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2015 |
| Swindle |
LA Times Daily |
08 Apr 2015 |
| Take for a ride, so to speak |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2015 |
| Flimflam |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2015 |
| Act of deception |
Universal |
16 Feb 2015 |
| Sell rainwear taken up |
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| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Feb 2015 |
| Phony deal |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2015 |
| Fast one |
Premier Sunday |
18 Jan 2015 |
| Arrangement of hosing? |
New York Times |
18 Jan 2015 |
| It may involve wiring |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2015 |
| Nasty bit of trickery |
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| It may involve wiring |
|
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| Con game |
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| Swindler's con |
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| Swindle |
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| Phony deal |
|
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| Grifter's specialty |
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| Fast one |
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| Con game |
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| Confidence game |
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| Hustler's ploy |
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| Take to the cleaners |
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| Grifter's game |
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| Hustle |
|
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| Shell game |
|
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| Illegal investment scheme |
|
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| Spanish Prisoner, for one |
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| Con game |
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| Hustle |
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| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
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| Con man's job |
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| Defraud |
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| Hosing design |
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| Con man's activity |
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| Act of deception |
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| Deceptive scheme |
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| Grifter's game |
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| One might get a mark |
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| Pyramid scheme, for one |
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| Act of deception |
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| Take for a ride |
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| Play for a fool |
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| Flimflam |
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| Arrangement of hosing? |
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| Take for a ride, so to speak |
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| Swindle |
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| Seafood, not very good, can give you gyp |
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| Racket coming from small tributary of the Great Ouse |
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| Fraudulent operation in tennis camp |
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| Grifter's game |
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| Many a carnival game |
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| Grifter's forte |
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| Bait and switch is one |
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| Ploy that targets the gullible |
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| Get-rich-quick offer, typically |
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| Phone call telling you to pay the IRS immediately or you'll be thrown in jail, e.g. |
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| Hoodwink |
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| Swindle |
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| Bogus offer |
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| Con artist's game |
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| Con game |
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| Deception |
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| Email from Nigeria, often |
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| Frank Abagnale hustle |
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| Money-losing proposition |
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| Phishing activity |
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| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
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| Run a con on |
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| Sucker play |
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| Three-card monte, e.g. |
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| Swindle |
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| Email for the spam folder, probably |
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| Ripoff |
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| Confidence game |
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| Almost any "Get rich quick!" offer |
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| Grift, e.g. |
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| One may take you in |
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| Put one over on |
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| Source of ill-gotten gains |
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| Contract cheat |
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| Record label fast one |
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| Cheat out of money |
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| Fraudulent operation |
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| It works on marks |
|
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| Phishing expedition |
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| Phishing lure |
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| Bunco |
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| Fraud no PCs will back |
|
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| Dubious operation captured by this camera |
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| Swindle over burgers? |
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| Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, for one |
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| Rainbow, e.g. |
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| Take for a ride |
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| Hoodwink |
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| Three-card monte is one |
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| Fraud |
|
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| Con artist's work |
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| Swindle |
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| Hustler's gimmick |
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| Hoodwink |
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| Dishonest hustle |
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| Ruse |
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| Your cheatin' art |
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| Ripoff |
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| Ponzi scheme |
|
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| Grifter's plan |
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| Bamboozle |
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| Swindle |
|
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| Take for a ride |
|
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| Fleecing |
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| Do a Bernie Madoff job on |
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| Fool |
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| Swindle |
|
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| Bait and switch, for one |
|
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| Ripoff |
|
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| Grifter's forte |
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| Unethical way to make money |
|
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| Nigerian Letter, for one |
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| Phishing lure? |
|
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| Plot that's "pulled" |
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| Con game |
|
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| Hustle |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Bamboozle |
|
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| Too-good-to-be-true offer, often |
|
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| Hoodwink |
|
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| Plot that's "pulled" |
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| Rip-you-off game |
|
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| Computers returned in swindle |
|
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| Shell game, e.g. |
|
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| Certain artist's forte |
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| E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably |
|
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| Con game |
|
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| Unbelievable deal? |
|
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| Bamboozle |
|
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| Bogus plan |
|
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| Con game |
|
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| Shady plan |
|
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| Bamboozle |
|
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| Phishing, for one |
|
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| Fraudster's offer |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Shady deal |
|
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| Goal of phishing |
|
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| E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually |
|
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| E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably |
|
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| Bamboozle |
|
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| Bogus plan |
|
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| Certain artist's forte |
|
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| Shady plan |
|
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| Rip-off |
|
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| Shady deal |
|
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| Trap for a pigeon |
|
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| Fleece |
|
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| Shady business |
|
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| Con artist's hustle |
|
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| Act of fraud |
|
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| Grifter's ploy |
|
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| Hoodwink |
|
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| Hoodwink |
|
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| Shady scheme |
|
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| Something shady |
|
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| "Moneymaking opportunity" that isn't |
|
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| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
|
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| Grifter's ploy |
|
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| Shell game |
|
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| Pull a fast one |
|
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| Offer that's too good to be true, often |
|
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| Cheat |
|
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| One reported to the Better Business Bureau |
|
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| Many an e-mail "click here" offer |
|
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| It takes folks in |
|
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| Contrivance for taking people for a ride |
|
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| Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g. |
|
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| Rip-off |
|
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| Act of fraud |
|
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| Shady deal |
|
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| Pigeon drop, for one |
|
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| Ripoff |
|
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| Bunco game |
|
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| Cheat |
|
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| Three-card monte, e.g. |
|
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| Phony deal |
|
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| Artist's work? |
|
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| Shell game, for one |
|
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| Hoodwink |
|
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| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
|
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| It's a ripoff |
|
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| Fleece |
|
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| Telemarketing danger |
|
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| Hustle |
|
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| Con |
|
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| Put something over on |
|
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| Phishing, e.g. |
|
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| Rip-off |
|
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| Shell game, e.g. |
|
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| Too-good-to-be-true investment |
|
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| Too-good-to-be-true investment |
|
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| Hustle |
|
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| Deception |
|
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| Con job |
|
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| Ponzi scheme |
|
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| Sting operation |
|
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| Phishing, e.g. |
|
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| Take for a ride |
|
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| Telemarketing danger |
|
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| Deception |
|
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| Phishing, e.g. |
|
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| Con game |
|
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| Ensnaring scheme |
|
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| Fleece |
|
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| Take for a ride? |
|
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| Source of illegitimate income |
|
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| Grifter's game |
|
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| Dupe's undoing |
|
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| Hoodwink |
|
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| Bunko squad concern |
|
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| Fraud |
|
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| Investment fraud |
|
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| Ponzi game, e.g. |
|
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| Pyramid scheme, e.g. |
|
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| Confidence game |
|
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| Flimflam |
|
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| Ploy that targets the gullible |
|
|
| Fiddle |
|
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| Bamboozle |
|
|
| Con |
|
|
| Bamboozle |
|
|
| Fraudulent scheme |
|
|
| Three-card monte, notably |
|
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| Con job |
|
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| Nigerian e-mail, sometimes |
|
|
| Source of illegitimate income |
|
|
| Three-card monte, notably |
|
|
| Fast one |
|
|
| E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g. |
|
|
| E-mail from a Nigerian prince, maybe |
|
|
| Ponzi's deed |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme, for one |
|
|
| Flimflam |
|
|
| Grifter's work |
|
|
| Pigeon drop, e.g. |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme, for one |
|
|
| Swindle |
|
|
| Get-rich-quick offering, often |
|
|
| Sucker play |
|
|
| Fraudulent scheme |
|
|
| Sucker play |
|
|
| Shell game |
|
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| Shell game, e.g. |
|
|
| Shell game |
|
|
| Offer that seems too good to be true, probably |
|
|
| E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you, e.g. |
|
|
| Take for a ride |
|
|
| Swindle |
|
|
| Defraud |
|
|
| Cheat out of money |
|
|
| Fraudulent plan |
|
|
| Illegal scheme |
|
|
| Three-card monte is one |
|
|
| Swindler's speciality |
|
|
| Fraud |
|
|
| Fraudulent scheme |
|
|
| Con |
|
|
| Chain letter, perhaps |
|
|
| Three-card monte is one |
|
|
| Swindler's speciality |
|
|
| Fraud |
|
|
| It might take a lot of people? |
|
|
| Telemarketing danger |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Shell game, e.g. |
|
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| Shell game |
|
|
| Flimflam |
|
|
| Deceptive act |
|
|
| Con man's trick |
|
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| Con game |
|
|
| Phishing |
|
|
| Con job |
|
|
| Get-rich-quick offer, often |
|
|
| Shell game |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Fast-buck artist's ploy |
|
|
| Racket |
|
|
| Grifter's scheme |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme |
|
|
| Con man's game |
|
|
| Cozenage |
|
|
| Three-card monte, for one |
|
|
| Cozenage |
|
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| Flimflam |
|
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| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Fraudulent activity |
|
|
| Con job |
|
|
| Swindler's plan |
|
|
| Racket |
|
|
| Take for a ride? |
|
|
| Con game |
|
|
| Flimflam scheme |
|
|
| Patsy's downfall |
|
|
| Deception |
|
|
| Shell game |
|
|
| Plot |
|
|
| Where a mark is taken |
|
|
| Be a con artist |
|
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| Con game |
|
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| Shell game, e.g. |
|
|
| It parts a fool and his money |
|
|
| Rip-off |
|
|
| Pigeon drop, e.g. |
|
|
| Hoax |
|
|
| Grifter's ploy |
|
|
| Con's con |
|
|
| Spam offer, often |
|
|
| Fast one |
|
|
| Set up buddy's con game (4) |
|
|
| Cozenage |
|
|
| Money-losing proposition |
|
|
| Business fraud |
|
|
| Fleece |
|
|
| Con's con |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, for example |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme |
|
|
| Bunko |
|
|
| Bit of bunco |
|
|
| Chicanery |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme, for one |
|
|
| Sting |
|
|
| Fraudulent scheme |
|
|
| Confidence game |
|
|
| Taking-in activity |
|
|
| Sting |
|
|
| Defraud |
|
|
| Confidence game |
|
|
| Taking-in activity |
|
|
| Cheat |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme? |
|
|
| Bait-and-switch, e.g. |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Con's con |
|
|
| Cheat |
|
|
| Ensnaring scheme |
|
|
| Fraud |
|
|
| Sting |
|
|
| Trick |
|
|
| Fast buck source |
|
|
| Bit of bunco |
|
|
| Con job |
|
|
| Fleecing activity |
|
|
| Hoax |
|
|
| Shady deal |
|
|
| Rip-off |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Confidence game |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, for one |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, say |
|
|
| Take for a ride, so to speak |
|
|
| Rip off |
|
|
| A fast one |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme, for example |
|
|
| Dubious deal |
|
|
| Quick buck source |
|
|
| A tourist might fall for one |
|
|
| Cheat |
|
|
| Trickery |
|
|
| Trick |
|
|
| Grifter's forte |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
|
|
| Con job |
|
|
| Ripoff |
|
|
| Pigeon drop, for one |
|
|
| The pigeon drop is one |
|
|
| Shell game |
|
|
| Defraud |
|
|
| Rascal dismissing pressure to swindle |
|
|
| Crooked scheme rascal detailed |
|
|
| Sting |
|
|
| Pull a fast one |
|
|
| Con artist's art |
|
|
| Fraudulent deal |
|
|
| Sting |
|
|
| Grifter's ploy |
|
|
| Ponzi game, e.g. |
|
|
| Pyramid scheme, for one |
|
|
| Bait and switch, for one |
|
|
| Fraudulent operation |
|
|
| Hood's hoodwink |
|
|
| Three-card monte, e.g. |
|
|
| Shell game |
|
|
| Flimflam |
|
|
| Bait and switch, for one |
|
|
| Get-rich-quick offer, often |
|
|
| Fraud |
|
|
| Act of deception |
|
|
| Sting |
|
|
| Take, in a way |
|
|
| Trickery |
|
|
| It works on suckers |
|
|
| Grifter's coup |
|
|
| It's not to be believed |
|
|
| Fraudulent operation |
|
|
| Cheat |
|
|
| Flimflam |
|
|
| Free money offer |
|
|
| Rip off in a way |
|
|
| Swindle |
|
|
| Fast shuffle, so to speak |
|
|
| Con game |
|
|
| Con artist's art |
|
|
| Run a game on |
|
|
| Bunco |
|
|
| Fraudulent scheme |
|
|
| Pigeon drop <P>e.g. |
|
|
| Deception |
|
|
| Pull a con |
|
|
| Confidence man's game |
|
|
| Con job |
|
|
| Fast-buck artist's ploy |
|
|
| Three-card monte, notably |
|
|
| Deception |
|
|
| Con man's con |
|
|
| Rip off |
|
|
| Three-card monte, e.g. |
|
|
| Gull's trap |
|
|
| Illegal operation |
|
|
| How a fool and his money are parted |
|
|
| Telemarketing danger |
|
|
| Case for the consumer affairs bureau |
|
|
| Hoax |
|
|
| Pigeon drop, e.g. |
|
|
| Ponzi scheme |
|
|
| Bunco |
|
|
| Con artist's game |
|
|
| Dupe |
|
|
| Sucker play |
|
|
| Con man's trick |
|
|
| Thimblerig, e.g. |
|
|
| Swindler's ploy |
|
|
| Confidence game |
|
|
| Con man's fakery |
|
|
| Hornswaggler's forte |
|
|
| Con man's ruse |
|
|
| Con man's ploy |
|
|
| Game of no chance |
|
|
| Entrapment ploy |
|
|
| Con man's scheme |
|
|
| Handkerchief switch, e.g. |
|
|
| Crooked plan |
|
|
| Crooked deal |
|
|
| Con man's forte |
|
|
| Action shared by a shill |
|
|
| Swindler's ruse |
|
|
| Grifter's operation |
|
|
| Fraudulent scheme |
|
|
| Con man's specialty |
|
|
| Con artist's ploy |
|
|
| Operation in "The Sting" |
|
|
| "You just won a cruise" email, e.g. |
|
|
| It's got a lot of marks |
|
|
| Mark time? |
|
|
| Nigerian lottery e-mail, e.g. |
|
|
| Nigerian prince's offering, e.g. |
|
|
| Phisher's ploy |
|
|
| Spot, stain: Scot. |
|
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| Rip-off |
|
|
| "See who's viewing your profile" on Facebook |
|
|
| E-mail for the spam filter, probably |
|
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