Ponzi or phishing scheme, e.g. — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the August 14 2023 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
SCAM
4 letters
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Where this clue appears
August 14 2023
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword August 14 2023
SCAM
Play a part in a Ponzi scheme
SCAM
4
Ponzi scheme, for one
SCAM
4
What a calling "Nigerian Prince" may be trying to do
SCAM
4
Ponzi scheme, for one
SCAM
4
Ponzi scheme, for one
SCAM
4
Ponzi scheme, e.g.
SCAM
4
Fraudulent scheme
SCAM
4
Pyramid scheme, e.g.
SCAM
4
Many a pyramid scheme
SCAM
4
Fake financial scheme
SCAM
4
Money-losing racket
SCAM
4
Fake financial scheme
SCAM
4
Gave a meal to, say
FED
3
Attack like a snake
BITE
4
___-Wan Kenobi, "Star Wars" character
OBI
3
Large Australian bird that's flightless
EMU
3
___ Clapton, singer of "Tears in Heaven"
ERIC
4
Day after Sunday, for short
MON
3
Shoplifting, slangily (rhymes with "roosting")
BOOSTING
8
___-governmental organization (full form for "NGO")
NON
3
Time gone by
PAST
4
"Wooden ___," David Crosby song from his first album with Crosby, Stills & Nash
SHIPS
5
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