Crossword Clue: Phony deal
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Possibly related crossword clues for "Phony deal"
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- Amway, some say
- A fast one
- Any pyramid scheme, e.g.
- A Ponzi scheme is one
- Apple varieties / Trick
- Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g.
- Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, for one
- Act of deception
- Act of fraud
- Arrangement of hosing?
- Action shared by a shill
- Artist's work?
- Attorney general's investigation target
- Bit of bunco
- Bad thing to fall for
- Bait-and-switch, e.g.
- Bait and switch, for one
- Bait and switch is one
- Almost any "Get rich quick!" offer
- Almost any offer that's too good to be true
- Bogus deal
- Bogus offer
- Bogus plan
- Bamboozle
- Instance of fraud
- Frank Abagnale hustle
- Fraud
- Fraudster's ploy
- Fraudulent deal
- Fraudulent operation
- Fraudulent plan
- Fraudulent practice
- Fraudulent scheme
- Dupe
- Dupe's undoing
- Free money offer
- Cellphone alert subject
- Deal with a huge catch
- E-mail for the spam filter, probably
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, maybe
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably
- E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually
- E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you, e.g.
- E-mail from Nigeria, maybe
- E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g.
- Hoax
- Investment fraud
- Deceive
- Certain artist's forte
- Deception
- Deceptive scheme
- Fast-buck artist's ploy
- Fast one
- Fast shuffle, so to speak
- Grift, e.g.
- Grifter's forte
- Grifter's game
- Grifter's idea
- Grifter's operation
- Grifter's plan
- Grifter's ploy
- Grifter's racket
- Grifter's scheme, such as the "Nigerian prince" email con
- Grifter's scheme
- Grifter's specialty
- Defraud
- Chain letter, perhaps
- Con artist's art
- Con artist's con
- Con artist's creation
- Con artist's doings
- Con artist's game
- Con artist's hustle
- Con artist's moneymaker
- Con artist's plan
- Con artist's ploy
- Con artist's racket
- Con artist's scheme
- Con artist's work
- Con game
- Con job
- Con man's activity
- Con man's fakery
- Con man's forte
- Con man's game
- Con man's job
- Con man's ploy
- Con man's ruse
- Con man's scheme
- Con man's specialty
- Con man's thing
- Con man's trick
- Con
- Hood's hoodwink
- Hoodwink
- Confidence game
- Confidence man's activity
- Confidence trick
- GULL or ROOK
- Hornswaggler's forte
- Gull's trap
- It has a mark
- Cheat out of money
- Cheat
- Hosing design
- Game of no chance
- Game won by not playing?
- Contract cheat
- Contract con
- Contrivance for taking people for a ride
- It may involve wiring
- Email asking for money, perhaps
- Email for the spam folder, probably
- Email from Nigeria, often
- Email saying you won a foreign lottery, e.g.
- How a fool and his money are parted
- It takes folks in
- It works on marks
- Handkerchief switch, e.g.
- Bunco
- Bunco game
- Chisel
- Bunko squad concern
- It's a ripoff
- Hustle
- Hustler's gimmick
- Hustler's ploy
- Hustler's scheme
- It's got a lot of marks
- Dishonest deal
- Dishonest hustle
- Ensnaring scheme
- It's not legit
- Get-rich-quick offer, often
- Get-rich-quick offer, typically
- Get-rich-quick offer, usually
- Entrapment ploy
- Cozenage
- Do a Bernie Madoff job on
- Fleece
- Fleecing
- Fleecing activity
- Flimflam scheme
- Flimflam
- Illegal investment scheme
- Illegal operation
- Illegal scheme
- Illegitimate money-making scheme
- Dodgy business
- Crooked deal
- In retrospect, it may have sounded too good to be true
- Goal of phishing
- Case for the consumer affairs bureau
- Catfishing, e.g.
- Fake I.R.S. call, e.g.
- Too-good-to-be-true investment
- Too-good-to-be-true offer, often
- Too-good-to-be-true offer
- Sting operation
- Sting
- Rip-off
- Rip-off artist's ploy
- Rip off in a way
- Rip off
- Ripoff
- Notification that you've won a foreign lottery, in all likelihood
- Many a carnival game
- Many a get-rich-quick scheme
- Pull a con
- Pull a fast one on
- Pull a fast one
- Many a robocall
- Many an e-mail "click here" offer
- Many an unrealistic email offer
- Shady business
- Shady deal
- Shady plan
- Shady scheme
- Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g.
- Put one over on
- Mark time?
- Put something over on
- Plan to trick someone out of their money
- Pyramid marketing opportunity, most likely
- Pyramid scheme
- Pyramid scheme, e.g.
- Pyramid scheme, for example
- Pyramid scheme, for one
- Shell game, e.g.
- Shell game, for one
- Shell game, say
- Shell game
- Play for a fool
- Something shady
- Trap for a pigeon
- Rook
- Rook or gull
- Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation
- Matter of confidence?
- Plot that's "pulled"
- Ploy that targets the gullible
- Offer that seems too good to be true, probably
- Offer that's too good to be true, often
- Sucker play
- Trick
- Racket
- Run a con on
- Run a game on
- Ponzi game, e.g.
- Ponzi scheme
- Ponzi scheme, e.g.
- Ponzi scheme, for example
- Ponzi scheme, for one
- Nasty bit of trickery
- Patsy's downfall
- Record label fast one
- One may take you in
- One might get a mark
- One might take in a few marks
- One might take you in
- Pecuniary deception
- One reported to the Better Business Bureau
- Nigerian e-mail, sometimes
- Nigerian email, often
- Nigerian Letter, for one
- Nigerian lottery e-mail, e.g.
- Nigerian prince's offering, e.g.
- Main plot element in "The Sting"
- Money-losing proposition
- Money-losing venture?
- Moneymaking opportunity that isnt
- Phisher's ploy
- Phisher's scheme
- Phishing activity
- Phishing attempt
- Phishing, e.g.
- Phishing email, e.g.
- Phishing expedition
- Phishing, for one
- Phishing lure?
- Phishing lure
- Phishing offer, e.g.
- Phishing offer
- Phishing or a Ponzi scheme
- Phishing scheme, e.g.
- Phone call telling you to pay the IRS immediately or you'll be thrown in jail, e.g.
- Phony deal
- Operation in "The Sting"
- Promoter rip-off
- Pigeon drop e.g.
- Pigeon drop, e.g.
- Pigeon drop, for one
- Ruse
- Source of ill-gotten gains
- Source of illegitimate income
- Spanish Prisoner, for one
- Suspicious offer, perhaps
- Word with the same consonant sounds as "scheme"
- Swindle
- Swindler's con
- Swindler's enterprise
- Swindler's plan
- Swindler's ploy
- Swindler's ruse
- Swindler's scheme
- Swindler's speciality
- Thimblerig, e.g.
- Scheme
- Sketchy-looking email from PayPal, likely
- Sketchy offer
- Take for a ride?
- Take for a ride, so to speak
- Take for a ride
- Take in
- Take to the cleaners
- Three-card monte, e.g.
- Three-card monte is one
- Three-card monte, notably
- Taking-in activity
- Unethical way to make money
- Unsafe offer
- "You have won!" email, often
- "You just won a cruise" email, e.g.
- Telemarketing danger
- "See who's viewing your profile" on Facebook
- Your cheatin' art
Recent Usage of Phony deal in Crossword Puzzles
We track a lot of different crossword puzzle providers to see where clues like "Phony deal" have been used in the past.
Here are all of the places we know of that have used Phony deal in their crossword puzzles recently:
- Newsday - Jan. 28, 2015
- Pat Sajak Code Letter - Feb. 11, 2013
- Universal Crossword - Jan. 24, 2012
- USA Today - March 21, 2011
- Universal Crossword - April 23, 2009
- Universal Crossword - Oct. 2, 2007
- Universal Crossword - April 24, 2006
- Universal Crossword - July 4, 2004
- Universal Crossword - Sept. 6, 2003
- Universal Crossword - Dec. 21, 2000
