SCAM

SCAM


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Dictionary definitions:


Word: scam
Word origin: 1960s: of unknown origin.
Phonetic: skam
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a dishonest scheme; a fraud. Example: an insurance scam
swindle. Example: a guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings


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Moneymaking opportunity that isnt
A fast one
A tourist might fall for one
Act of fraud
Amway
Artists work?
Bait and switch is one
Bait and switch
Bamboozle
Be a con artist
Bernie Madoffs hedge fund
Bit of bunco
Bogus plan
Bunco
Bunko
Bunko squad concern
Business fraud
Case for the consumer affairs bureau
Certain artists forte
Chain letter
Cheat
Cheat out of money
Cheating scheme*
Con
Con artists art
Con artists game
Con artists hustle
Con artists setup
Con game
Con job
Con mans con
Con mans concept
Con mans scheme
Con mans setup
Con mans trick
Cons con
Confidence game
Confidence mans game
Contrivance for taking people for a ride
Cozenage
Crooked operation
Crooked plan
Deception
Deceptive act
Defraud
Dishonest way to make money
Dubious deal
Dupe
Dupes undoing
E-mail for the spam filter
E-mail from Nigeria
E-mail from a Nigerian prince
E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you
E-mail offer of $17
Emulate Charles Ponzi
Ensnaring scheme
Entrapment ploy
Fast buck source
Fast one
Fast shuffle
Fast-buck artists ploy
Fiddle
Fleece
Fleece job
Fleecing activity
Flimflam
Fraud
Fraudulent activity
Fraudulent operation
Fraudulent scheme
Game of no chance
Get-rich-quick offer
Get-rich-quick scheme
Goal of phishing
Grifters coup
Grifters forte
Grifters game
Grifters idea
Grifters ploy
Grifters specialty
Grifters work
Hoax
Hoods hoodwink
Hoodwink
Hornswoggle
How a fool and his money are parted
Hustle
Illegal investment scheme
Investment fraud
It might take a lot of people?
It parts a fool and his money
It takes folks in
It works on suckers
Its not to be believed
Many an e-mail click here offer
Mark time?
Money-losing proposition
Nigerian Letter
Nigerian email
Nigerian lottery e-mail
Offer that seems too good to be true
Offer thats too good to be true
One may take you in
One reported to the Better Business Bureau
Patsys downfall
Phishing
Phony deal
Pigeon drop
Plot
Plot of The Sting
Plot thats pulled
Ploy that targets the gullible
Ponzi game
Ponzi scheme
Ponzis deed
Pull a con
Pull a fast one
Pyramid scheme
Pyramid scheme?
Quick buck source
Quick-buck scheme
Racket
Rip off
Rip-off
Rip-off scheme
Rip-you-off game
Ripoff
Rook
Run a game on
See Sam in con game
Shady deal
Shady plan
Shell game
Something fraudulent
Source of illegitimate income
Spam offer
Sting
Sting operation
Sucker play
Swindle
Swindlers forte
Swindlers speciality
Swindlers specialty
Take for a ride
Take for a ride?
Taking-in activity
Telemarketing danger
Term for miracle fuel saver ad
The Pigeon Drop
The pigeon drop is one
Three Card Monty
Three-card monte is one
Three-card monte
Too-good-to-be-true investment
Trap for a pigeon
Trick
Trickery
Unbelievable deal?
Unethical way to make money
Victimize
Way to make a quick buck
Your cheatin art
Con man's forte
Operation in The Sting
Con man's scheme
Con artist's ploy
Con man's specialty
Con man's ploy
Swindler's ruse
Grifter's operation
Action shared by a shill
Con man's ruse
Crooked deal
Handkerchief switch, e.g.
Hornswaggler's forte
Con man's fakery
Con man's trick
Swindler's ploy
Thimblerig, e.g.
Pigeon drop, e.g.
Con artist's game
Three-card monte, e.g.
Con man's con
Con artist's art
Fast shuffle, so to speak
Pyramid scheme, e.g.
Ponzi scheme, e.g.
E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you, e.g.
Shell game, e.g.
Offer that seems too good to be true, probably
E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g.
Offer that's too good to be true, often
Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g.
E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably
E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually
Phishing lure
Too-good-to-be-true offer, often
Do a Bernie Madoff job on
Fleecing
Fool
Source of ill-gotten gains
Grift, e.g.
Many a carnival game
Get-rich-quick offer, typically
Almost any Get rich quick! offer
Put one over on
Arrangement of hosing?
Play for a fool
Deal with a huge catch
Attorney general's investigation target
Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g.
Rook or gull
Run a con on
Phishing scheme, e.g.
Apple varieties / Trick
Grifter's game
Pull a fast one on
Almost any offer that's too good to be true
Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation
Fake I.R.S. call, e.g.
With 41-Down, swindlers
Confidence trick
Dodgy business
Dishonest scheme
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
Confidence trick, swindle
Fraudulent scheme, swindle
Con trick
Computers set up for deception
Caught in uncle's scandal
A trick not long enough to occupy a scamp
Suss Cameron's wicked scheme
Morning after Scotland reveals swindle
No relation to shellfish: it's a trick
Rogue quietly abandoned swindle
Lifting short raincoats is a crafty trick
Overcoats with fleecing
Passage from Tosca, mainly fiddle
Retired Scotsman's trick
Burgers rejected a cheat
Counters Cameron's trick
Fiddle starts to sound clear as mud
Swindle detected in Cameron’s campaign
Ponzi scheme, for one
In retrospect, it may have sounded too good to be true
Bogus offer
Main plot element in The Sting
Take in
Email asking for money, perhaps
Swindle over burgers?
Fraud no PCs will back
Put up rainwear in a swindle
Do back up computers
Swindle as rascal, extracting last penny
Fiddle with computers the wrong way
16 down's small flower
Being heartless, get away with trick
Email saying youve won a free trip to the Bahamas, probably
Fraudulent deal
Bogus deal
Pecuniary deception
Its not legit
Chisel
Cellphone alert subject
The Nigerian lottery e-mail, e.g.
Con mans game
Phishing email, e.g.
Kind of artist
Swindlers plan
Financial deception
Phishing, say
Phishing, say
Get-rich-quick opportunity, probably
Many a get-rich-quick scheme
Sketchy financial offer, often
Offer from a Nigerian prince, probably
Email about big lottery winnings, usually
Dodge 22, briefly
Bit of trickery
Phony offer
Join together
___ heap
Uncomplaining
Banded gemstone
Rick is upset with cold tea
Group outlawed on the radio
Three-card monte, for one
Swindle: Slang.
Dishonest scheme (Informal)
Swindle (Informal)
Fraud namely by Welsh politician
Rip off bits of clothing aggressively during kinky sex
Some computers returned in dodgy scheme
Fraud squad's head about to get married
Do computers up
Fleece overcoats?
Fleece coats returned
Meat cost regularly on reflection is a swindle
Revolutionary rainproof clothing racket
Fiddle about during kinky sex
Monkey scratching bottom sees rook
Scheme
Offer thats too good to be true, many times
Get-rich-quick email, e.g.
Email to watch out for
Fleece coats from the south
Apt rhyme of isham/i
Fraud caught morning after end of assizes
A message concerning your vehicles extended warranty, probably
Turn computers into a dishonest business
Little rascal destroying quiet, making racket
Do the hustle
Moneymaking scheme, many times
Rogue hiding piano in trick
Youre a winner! email, often
Many a Weve suspended your account text
Many a Weve suspended your account text
Rascals detailed deception
Grift
Unfair play
Car warranty call, usually
___ Likely (iPhone warning when a sketchy call comes in)
Shady thing
Small computer over a fast one
James Cameron screens The Sting
A call saying We are trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty, e.g.
Try to take in
Non-English clubs backed racket
Second piece of recording equipment making racket
Not quiet, little monster making a racket
Ballas, Revel Horwood, Du Beke and Mabuse initially make a racket!
Fleece coats from down under
Phishers plan
___ Likely (warning accompanying a phone call)
Sketchy email, often
Not a good deal
Bogus business
Second piece of recording equipment making racket (4)
Improper taking
___ Likely (phone warning)
Phishing, e.g.
Flipping computers making a racket
Shady scheme
Get-rich-quick scheme, e.g.
Intriguing development
Get-rich-quick scheme, say
Some miss Cameron
Rackets special type of shaft
Mischievous child endlessly making racket
Dishonest scheme infiltrating this campus
First to span river in Dodge
Small device for recording fiddle




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