The Clue
Con man's fakery (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SCAM
Tags
Notes
The answer SCAM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
Related Clues
Con
Cozenage
Deception
Defraud
Dupe
Fast one
Fleece
Fraud
Hustle
Sting
Swindle
Con game
Con job
Confidence game
Goal of phishing
Phishing lure?
Rip-off
Run a game on
Shell game
Con artist's art
Con artist's game
Con artist's ploy
Con man's forte
Con man's ruse
Con man's trick
Handkerchief switch, e.g.
Money-losing proposition
Ponzi scheme, e.g.
Pyramid scheme, e.g.
Shell game, e.g.
Contrivance for taking people for a ride
One reported to the Better Business Bureau
Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g.
E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g.
Definition
SCAM as a noun:
1. (scam, cozenage) = a fraudulent business scheme
SCAM as a verb:
1. (victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con) = deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"