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SCAM

166 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-08-12Rip-off
2026-07-10Catfishing, for one
2026-06-22Hoodwink
2026-01-18Text that says "Congratulations! You've won a MacBook Pro," probably
2025-11-28Hustle
2025-10-30One might start "Your Social Security number has been compromised"
2025-10-01An "I.R.S. agent" asking you to buy gift cards, e.g.
2025-08-31Many a get-rich-quick offer
2025-08-05Deal that's too good to be true, often
2025-07-15Grift
2025-03-31Ponzi scheme, e.g.
2025-03-18Con
2024-08-04Rip-off
2023-12-06Hustle
2023-08-05Con
2023-06-06Plea for money from a foreign prince, perhaps
2023-04-23Bamboozle
2022-09-13Ponzi scheme, for one
2022-06-06Do the hustle?
2022-05-25Almost every get-rich-quick scheme
2022-04-30Hustle
2022-04-09Racket
2022-02-04Bamboozle
2021-09-13Con job
2021-07-13Email about big lottery winnings, usually
2021-06-21Many a get-rich-quick scheme
2021-04-25Hoodwink
2021-01-11Swindle
2020-12-24Kind of artist
2020-10-03With 41-Down, swindlers
2020-06-08Swindle
2020-03-11Fake I.R.S. call, e.g.
2019-12-05Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation
2019-11-03Grifter's game
2019-07-23Rip-off
2019-07-14Racket
2019-07-08Almost any offer that's too good to be true
2019-07-05Pull a fast one on
2019-05-27Grifter's game
2019-04-09Apple varieties / Trick
2019-02-27Phishing scheme, e.g.
2019-02-10Ponzi scheme, e.g.
2018-06-04Run a con on
2017-05-11Rook or gull
2017-01-25Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g.
2016-08-14Attorney general's investigation target
2016-01-08Deal with a huge catch
2015-10-04Play for a fool
2015-05-03Take for a ride
2015-03-03Flimflam
2015-01-18Arrangement of hosing?
2014-11-27Put one over on
2014-09-22Almost any "Get rich quick!" offer
2014-07-22Get-rich-quick offer, typically
2014-07-15Many a carnival game
2014-06-24Grift, e.g.
2014-05-18One may take you in
2014-02-06Source of ill-gotten gains
2013-04-01Fool
2013-03-18Fleecing
2013-02-11Swindle
2013-02-05Do a Bernie Madoff job on
2012-12-23Too-good-to-be-true offer, often
2012-11-24Hustle
2012-09-28Phishing lure?
2012-02-08Con game
2011-09-25Goal of phishing
2011-09-18E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually
2011-03-02E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably
2010-12-15Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g.
2010-11-08Offer that's too good to be true, often
2010-10-30Contrivance for taking people for a ride
2010-09-20Many an e-mail "click here" offer
2010-08-22Hustle
2010-07-16One reported to the Better Business Bureau
2010-03-12It takes folks in
2009-07-01Ripoff
2009-06-02Hustle
2008-12-25Con
2008-06-07Fleece
2007-12-18Con game
2007-11-11Con game
2007-02-26E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g.
2007-02-15Fast one
2006-11-15Ponzi scheme, e.g.
2006-10-25Ripoff
2006-09-24Offer that seems too good to be true, probably
2006-09-19Shell game
2006-08-15Shell game, e.g.
2006-06-19E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you, e.g.
2006-04-10Rip-off
2006-03-04Hustle
2006-02-16Fleece
2005-10-19Hoodwink
2005-03-27Take for a ride
2004-10-15One may take you in
2004-09-01Ponzi scheme, e.g.
2004-08-14Cozenage
2004-07-04Pyramid scheme
2004-05-22Money-losing proposition
2004-01-25Fleece
2003-11-14Shell game
2003-10-08Swindle
2003-08-11Pyramid scheme, e.g.
2002-11-19Trick
2002-11-10Ripoff
2002-10-24Ensnaring scheme
2002-08-28Sting
2002-07-08Fraud
2002-03-08Cheat
2001-11-15Fleece
2001-09-26Con game
2001-03-19Swindle
2000-07-01Defraud
2000-05-25Ripoff
2000-04-19Fast one
2000-01-17Con game
1999-12-04Fleece
1999-09-06Swindle
1999-07-26Ripoff
1999-05-30Fraud
1999-05-18Fraudulent operation
1999-03-23Defraud
1999-02-02Con game
1998-09-24Con
1998-09-20Fast shuffle, so to speak
1998-08-18Rip-off
1998-08-17Con game
1998-06-08Con artist's art
1998-05-22Run a game on
1998-04-13Rip-off
1998-03-01Swindle
1998-02-17Swindle
1998-01-15Sting
1997-08-26Pull a con
1997-08-10Sting
1997-06-11Swindle
1997-05-26Fraud
1997-03-19Con job
1996-12-26Con
1996-10-27Con game
1996-10-09Fast one
1996-09-23Money-losing proposition
1996-09-22Rip off
1996-07-08Con man's con
1996-02-05Swindle
1996-02-04Deception
1995-10-11Telemarketing danger
1995-09-21Con
1995-09-17How a fool and his money are parted
1995-08-10Three-card monte, e.g.
1995-04-12Hoax
1995-04-06Case for the consumer affairs bureau
1995-03-26Rip-off
1994-12-26Ripoff
1994-11-29Con artist's game
1994-11-16Swindle
1994-09-30Defraud
1994-07-20Con game
1994-05-01Ponzi scheme
1994-02-25Dupe
1994-02-23Bunco
1994-01-22Swindle
1994-01-19Pigeon drop, e.g.
1993-12-16Sting
1993-12-05Sucker play