| Too-good-to-be-true tricks |
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| Illegal schemes |
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| Some cons and maybe swindles, initially |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 May 2025 |
| Sketchy offers |
Wall Street Journal |
27 May 2025 |
| Fraudulent plots |
Universal |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Fraudulent enterprises |
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| What you shouldn't fall for |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Con games |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Fraudulent schemes |
Commuter |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Crooked deals |
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| Confidence tricks |
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| Texts claiming to offer jobs that pay $1,000 for two hours of work, probably |
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| Shifty manoeuvres of a ship around a river |
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| Dishonest schemes for making money (5) |
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| Con games |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Bogus offers |
Universal |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Swindler's schemes |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Snow jobs |
Commuter |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Fraudulent gambits |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Con jobs |
Universal |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Many plans perpetrated in John Waters films |
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| Calls purportedly from the IRS, e.g. |
USA Today |
02 May 2024 |
| Deepfakes, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Con games |
Universal |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Schemes to lighten people's wallets |
Universal |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Bogus offers |
Universal |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Rascals doing away with parking frauds |
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| Defrauds, perhaps |
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| Con games |
Commuter |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Confidence games, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
24 May 2023 |
| Cons |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Pyramid schemes, for example |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2023 |
| Swindles |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Such crimes are massive swindles, initially |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Feb 2023 |
| Ponzi schemes |
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| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jan 2023 |
| Con games |
Newsday |
27 Dec 2022 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Phishing schemes |
USA Today |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Takes for a ride |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jun 2022 |
| Cons are pros at running them |
Universal |
18 Feb 2022 |
| Con games |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Feb 2022 |
| Fraudulent schemes |
USA Today |
13 Jan 2022 |
| Con jobs |
Universal |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Nov 2021 |
| Hustles |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2021 |
| Sketchy offers |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2021 |
| Rackets |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2021 |
| Fraudulent offers |
Universal |
30 Mar 2021 |
| Rackets |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Mar 2021 |
| Ponzi schemes |
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| Con games |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Dec 2020 |
| Phishing offers and the like |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Con jobs |
The Washington Post |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Con jobs |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Shell games |
Premier Sunday |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Shell games, e.g |
Newsday |
27 Sep 2020 |
| Suspicious offers, often |
The Washington Post |
06 Jun 2020 |
| Suspicious offers, often |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2020 |
| Spam emails, often |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2020 |
| Con games |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Con jobs |
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| Con games |
Newsday |
07 Apr 2020 |
| Con artist's œuvre |
The New Yorker |
17 Feb 2020 |
| Cons |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Dec 2019 |
| Not real deals |
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| Fraudulent acts |
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| Shell games, e.g |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Many involve wiring money |
Universal |
29 Jun 2019 |
| Ponzi schemes, say |
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| Con games |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Feb 2019 |
| Shell games, e.g. |
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| Many involve wiring money |
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| Pulls a fast one on |
Universal |
27 Dec 2018 |
| Phishing expeditions |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Nov 2018 |
| Ponzi schemes, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2018 |
| Ponzi schemes, e.g |
The Washington Post |
02 Nov 2018 |
| Bogus offers |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2018 |
| Con jobs |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Ponzi schemes, e.g |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2018 |
| Most deals that sound too good to be true |
New York Times |
28 May 2018 |
| Cons |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Apr 2018 |
| Swindles |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Emails that tell you you've won the lottery, e.g |
New York Times |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Cons |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2018 |
| Cons |
Universal |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Ponzi schemes, e.g |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Defrauds |
Universal |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Ponzi schemes, e.g. |
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| Cons |
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| Ponzi schemes, e.g. |
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| Most deals that sound too good to be true |
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| Ponzi schemes, e.g. |
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| Cons |
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| Cons |
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| Phishing expeditions |
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| Defrauds |
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| Pulls a fast one on |
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| Emails that tell you you've won the lottery, e.g. |
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| Many spam messages |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2017 |
| Many spam messages |
The Washington Post |
23 Nov 2017 |
| Con games |
Universal |
22 Nov 2017 |
| Phishing nets? |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2017 |
| Phishing nets? |
The Washington Post |
12 Jun 2017 |
| Phishing nets? |
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| Many spam messages |
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| Con games |
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| Con games |
The Washington Post |
12 Sep 2016 |
| Fraudster's schemes |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2016 |
| Swindles |
Universal |
25 Jan 2016 |
| Swindles |
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| Confidence games |
Universal |
18 Dec 2015 |
| Rip-offs |
Universal |
22 Nov 2015 |
| Phishing lures |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2015 |
| Does a number on |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2015 |
| Hustles |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2015 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Cons |
USA Today |
01 May 2015 |
| Fraudulent business schemes |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Apr 2015 |
| Ponzi schemes, e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Feb 2015 |
| Fleeces |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2015 |
| Most emails that begin with "You are a winner!" |
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| Fleeces |
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| Con games |
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| Rip-offs |
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| Cons |
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| Confidence games |
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| Bogus offers |
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| Does a number on |
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| Hustles |
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| Phishing lures |
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| Con games |
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| Contract signers' fears |
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| Takes for a ride |
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| Shell games and such |
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| Fleecing activities |
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| Grifter's repertoire |
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| Hustles |
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| Rackets |
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| Frauds |
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| Ripoffs |
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| Rooks |
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| Con jobs |
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| Puts one over on |
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| Puts one over on |
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| Grifter's offerings |
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| Better Business Bureau concerns |
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| Pyramid schemes, e.g. |
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| Ripoffs |
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| Confidence games |
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| Rackets |
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| Hustles |
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| Con jobs |
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| Puts one over on |
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| Shell games |
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| They often take people in |
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| Grifts |
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| Not real deals |
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| Not real deals |
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| Fleecing activities |
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| Better Business Bureau concerns |
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| Unscrupulous schemes |
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| Rackets |
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| Grifter's offerings |
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| Con games |
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| Swindles |
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| Flimflams |
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| Hustles |
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| Skin games |
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| Flimflams |
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| Shell games |
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| Hoaxes |
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| Ponzi schemes |
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| Takes for a ride |
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| Fraudulent schemes |
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| Pulls a fast one on |
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| Marks' downfalls |
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| Pulls a fast one on |
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| Pro con activities? |
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| Better Business Bureau concerns |
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| Bamboozles |
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| Con man's stings |
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| Flimflams |
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| Frauds |
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| Rip-offs |
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| Frauds |
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| Flimflams |
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| Con games |
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| Flimflams |
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| Defrauds |
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| Con games |
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| Hoaxes |
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| Flimflams |
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| They often involve P.O. boxes |
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| Three-card monte and others |
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| Ruses |
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| Con jobs |
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| Cons |
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| Cheats |
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| Fleeces |
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| Stings |
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| Confidence games |
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| Hustles |
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| Fleeces |
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| Ripoffs |
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| Pulls a fast one |
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| Swindles |
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| Elaborate ploys |
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| Certain snow jobs |
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| What marks fall for |
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| Frauds |
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| Confidence games |
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| Con men's swindles |
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