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
• Swindle or defraud
• E-mail from Nigeria, maybe
• Illegal operation
• Record label fast one
• Contract cheat
• Contract con
• Dishonest scheme
• Do back up computers
• Swindle as rascal, extracting last penny
• Dodgy business
• Fiddle with computers the wrong way
• Fiddle starts to sound clear as mud
• Swindle detected in Cameron's campaign
• Confidence trick
• Swindle over burgers?
• Fraud no PCs will back
• Con artist's con
• Fraudster's ploy
• Put up rainwear in a swindle
• Gull or rook
• Sketchy offer
• Phishing offer
• Phishing attempt
• Lifting short raincoats is a crafty trick
• Overcoats with fleecing
• Passage from Tosca, mainly fiddle
• Retired Scotsman's trick
• Counters Cameron's trick
• Phishing offer, e.g.
• Too-good-to-be-true offer
• Take in
• Bait and switch, for one
• Bait-and-switch, e.g.
• “Moneymaking opportunity” that isn’t
• Pyramid marketing opportunity, most likely
• No relation to shellfish: it's a trick
• Rogue quietly abandoned swindle
• Burgers rejected a cheat
• Morning after Scotland reveals swindle
• Caught in uncle's scandal
• Confidence trick, swindle
• A trick not long enough to occupy a scamp
• Suss Cameron's wicked scheme
• Fraudulent scheme, swindle
• Con trick
• Thomas Campion's dishonest scheme
• Caught in South Africa with millions from dishonest scheme
• Swindle rascal detailed
• Racket coming from small tributary of the Great Ouse
• Computers set up for deception
• Bit of bunco
• Hustler's ploy
• Swindler's scheme
• In retrospect, it may have sounded too good to be true
• Promoter rip-off
• "You have won!" email, often
• Swindler's ruse
• It has a mark
• Grifter's racket
• Deceive
• Clear off without right racket
• 16 down's small flower
• Get-rich-quick scheme, often
• Dishonest racket
• Rook
• Computers set up for fraud
• Hustler's scheme
• Catfishing, e.g.
• Con man's thing
• Rip-off artist's ploy
• Phisher's scheme
• Con man's scheme
• Some press campaign fraud
• Fraud with some worthless cameras
• Many a get-rich-quick scheme
• Phishing scheme, e.g.
• Crooked business
• 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
• Email asking for money, perhaps
• Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation
• Instance of fraud
• Scheme
• 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
• 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?
• Act of deceit
• See uncle about a dirty trick!
• "You're a winner!" email, often
• Many a "We've suspended your account" text
• Get-rich-quick scheme, most likely
• Ploy
• Grift
• Car warranty call, usually
• Deceptive offer
• Con man's con
• Offer you shouldn't accept
• Plea for money from a foreign prince, perhaps
• "Make $10,000 in two days" post, probably
• Message like "You've just won a free cruise!" probably
• Phisher's plan
• Con man's cunning con
• ___ likely (caller ID words)
• Email from an heirless prince, probably
• Email from a prince, probably
• Phishing hook
• Deal that's too good to be true, often
• Many a get-rich-quick offer
• An "I.R.S. agent" asking you to buy gift cards, e.g.
• One might start "Your Social Security number has been compromised"
• Phishing line?
• Text that says "Congratulations! You've won a MacBook Pro," probably
• Catfishing, for one