The Clue
Ripoffs (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SCAMS
Tags
Notes
The answer SCAMS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cons
Frauds
Hustles
Rackets
Stings
Swindles
Con jobs
Elaborate ploys
Grifter's repertoire
Phishing lures
Pulls a fast one
Rip-offs
Certain snow jobs
Con men's swindles
Pyramid schemes, e.g.
What marks fall for
Better Business Bureau concerns
They often take people in
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"