Answer: SCAM
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Referring crossword puzzle clues
- Swindle
- Take in
- Con
- Racket
- Con game
- Scheme
- Trick
- Deceive
- Dupe
- Hoodwink
- Rip off
- Cheat
- Bamboozle
- Deception
- Fraud
- Hoax
- Sting
- Fleece
- Defraud
- Hustle
- Flimflam
- Ruse
- Put one over on
- Con job
- Take for a ride
- Shell game
- Pull a fast one on
- Confidence game
- Ponzi scheme, e.g.
- Grifter's game
- Take to the cleaners
- Play for a fool
- Rip-off
- Sting operation
- Fraudulent scheme
- Rook
- Kind of artist
- Bit of trickery
- Chisel
- Ripoff
- Put something over on
- Fast one
- Phishing, e.g.
- Swindler's scheme
- Phony deal
- Deceptive scheme
- Confidence trick
- Grifter's specialty
- Fraudulent operation
- Shell game, e.g.
- Bogus offer
- Take for a ride, so to speak
- Sucker play
- Shady deal
- Pull a fast one
- Bait-and-switch, e.g.
- Take for a ride?
- Swindler's ruse
- Shady scheme
- Shady business
- Con artist's game
- Act of fraud
- Three-card monte, e.g.
- Telemarketing danger
- Pyramid scheme, for one
- Pyramid scheme, e.g.
- Cozenage
- Con man's ploy
- Bunco
- Something shady
- Pyramid scheme, for example
- Ponzi scheme, for one
- Ponzi scheme
- Grifter's ploy
- Ensnaring scheme
- Con man's scheme
- Con man's forte
- Con artist's art
- Cheat out of money
- Act of deception
- Too-good-to-be-true offer
- Source of illegitimate income
- Shady thing
- Ponzi scheme, for example
- Phishing scheme, e.g.
- One might take you in
- One may take you in
- Money-losing proposition
- Hustler's ploy
- Grifter's scheme
- Grifter's forte
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably
- Crooked deal
- Con man's ruse
- Con artist's scheme
- Bunco game
- Bait and switch, for one
- Bad thing to fall for
- Your cheatin' art
- Unethical way to make money
- Too-good-to-be-true investment
- Three-card monte, notably
- Three-card monte is one
- Shell game, say
- Run a con on
- Pyramid scheme
- Ploy that targets the gullible
- Pigeon drop, for one
- Pigeon drop, e.g.
- Phishing, for one
- Phishing lure
- Phisher's scheme
- Phisher's ploy
- Nigerian e-mail, sometimes
- Many a get-rich-quick scheme
- Instance of fraud
- Illegitimate money-making scheme
- Illegal scheme
- Illegal investment scheme
- GULL or ROOK
- Grifter's plan
- Fast-buck artist's ploy
- E-mail from Nigeria, maybe
- Dupe's undoing
- Dishonest hustle
- Con man's trick
- Con man's game
- Con artist's work
- Con artist's racket
- Con artist's ploy
- Certain artist's forte
- Catfishing, e.g.
- Bogus plan
- Bogus deal
- Bait and switch is one
- A fast one
- Word with the same consonant sounds as "scheme"
- Untrustworthy offer
- Unsafe offer
- Unfair play
- Typical get-rich-quick offer
- Try to take in
- Trap for a pigeon
- Too-good-to-be-true offer, often
- Thimblerig, e.g.
- Taking-in activity
- Swindler's speciality
- Swindler's ploy
- Swindler's plan
- Swindler's enterprise
- Swindler's con
- Suspicious offer, perhaps
- Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation
- Spanish Prisoner, for one
- Source of ill-gotten gains
- Smishing, for one
- Sketchy-looking email from PayPal, likely
- Sketchy offer
- Shell game, for one
- Shady plan
- Shady offer
- Run a game on
- Rook or gull
- Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g.
- Rip-off artist's ploy
- Rip off in a way
- Record label fast one
- Pyramid marketing opportunity, most likely
- Pull a con
- Promoter rip-off
- Ponzi scheme, say
- Ponzi game, e.g.
- Plot that's "pulled"
- Plan to trick someone out of their money
- Pigeon drop e.g.
- Phony offer
- Phone call telling you to pay the IRS immediately or you'll be thrown in jail, e.g.
- Phishing, say
- Phishing or a Ponzi scheme
- Phishing offer, e.g.
- Phishing offer
- Phishing lure?
- Phishing hook
- Phishing expedition
- Phishing email, e.g.
- Phishing attempt, say
- Phishing attempt, e.g.
- Phishing attempt
- Phishing activity
- Phisher's plan
- Pecuniary deception
- Patsy's downfall
- Operation in "The Sting"
- One reported to the Better Business Bureau
- One might take in a few marks
- One might get a mark
- Offer that's too good to be true, often
- Offer that seems too good to be true, usually
- Offer that seems too good to be true, probably
- Notification that you've won a foreign lottery, in all likelihood
- Not a great deal
- Not a good deal
- Nigerian prince's offering, e.g.
- Nigerian lottery e-mail, e.g.
- Nigerian Letter, for one
- Nigerian email, often
- Nasty bit of trickery
- Moneymaking opportunity that isnt
- Money-losing venture?
- Message like "You've just won a free cruise!" probably
- Message like "You have been selected to win $1,000!" probably
- Matter of confidence?
- Mark time?
- Many an unrealistic email offer
- Many an email from a Nigerian prince
- Many an e-mail "click here" offer
- Many a robocall
- Many a carnival game
- Many a call requesting personal information
- Many a "We've suspended your account" text
- Main plot element in "The Sting"
- It's not legit
- It's got a lot of marks
- It's a ripoff
- It works on marks
- It takes folks in
- It may involve wiring
- It has a mark
- Investment fraud
- Intriguing development
- In retrospect, it may have sounded too good to be true
- Improper taking
- Illegal operation
- Hustler's scheme
- Hustler's gimmick
- How a fool and his money are parted
- Hosing design
- Hornswaggler's forte
- Hood's hoodwink
- Handkerchief switch, e.g.
- Gull's trap
- Grifter's scheme, such as the "Nigerian prince" email con
- Grifter's racket
- Grifter's operation
- Grifter's idea
- Grift, e.g.
- Grift
- Goal of phishing
- Get-rich-quick scheme, most likely
- Get-rich-quick scheme, almost always
- Get-rich-quick offer, usually
- Get-rich-quick offer, typically
- Get-rich-quick offer, often
- Game won by not playing?
- Game of no chance
- Free money offer
- Fraudulent practice
- Fraudulent plan
- Fraudulent offer
- Fraudulent deal
- Fraudster's ploy
- Frank Abagnale hustle
- Foreclosure email, perhaps
- Flimflam scheme
- Fleecing activity
- Fleecing
- Fast shuffle, so to speak
- Fake I.R.S. call, e.g.
- Fake call from the IRS, e.g.
- Entrapment ploy
- Email to watch out for
- Email saying you won a foreign lottery, e.g.
- Email from Nigeria, often
- Email from an heirless prince, probably
- Email from a prince, probably
- Email for the spam folder, probably
- Email asking for money, perhaps
- Email about big lottery winnings, usually
- E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g.
- E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you, e.g.
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, maybe
- E-mail for the spam filter, probably
- Dodgy business
- Do the hustle?
- Do a Bernie Madoff job on
- Dishonest practice
- Dishonest deal
- Deceptive offer
- Deal with a huge catch
- Contrivance for taking people for a ride
- Contract con
- Contract cheat
- Confidence man's activity
- Con man's thing
- Con man's specialty
- Con man's job
- Con man's fakery
- Con man's activity
- Con artist's ruse
- Con artist's plan
- Con artist's moneymaker
- Con artist's hustle
- Con artist's doings
- Con artist's creation
- Con artist's con
- Chain letter, perhaps
- Cellphone alert subject
- Case for the consumer affairs bureau
- Car warranty call, usually
- Bunko squad concern
- Bogus business
- Bit of bunco
- Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, for one
- Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g.
- Attorney general's investigation target
- Artist's work?
- Arrangement of hosing?
- Apple varieties / Trick
- Any pyramid scheme, e.g.
- Amway, some say
- Almost any offer that's too good to be true
- Almost any "Get rich quick!" offer
- Action shared by a shill
- A Ponzi scheme is one
- "You're a winner!" email, often
- "You just won a cruise" email, e.g.
- "You have won!" email, often
- "See who's viewing your profile" on Facebook
- "Make money without working" offer, probably
- "Enter your Social Security number to win free AirPods!," e.g.
- "Account temporarily suspended" email, usually
- ___ Likely (phone warning)
- ___ Likely (common caller ID)
- ___ likely (caller ID words)
- ___ Likely (annoying caller ID)
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