Crossword Answer scam

Here are all the crossword puzzles and clues where the answer scam appeared.

Clue

Puzzle

Date

Con man’s con

Dishonest scheme

The Sun Coffee Time

Monkey losing tail makes racket

The Sun Cryptic

Fraudulent scheme

Ponzi scheme, e.g.

Daily Themed Crossword

Not a great deal

Call from an “I.R.S. agent” who needs your Social Security number right now, e.g.

Monkey scratching bottom sees rook

The Sun Cryptic

Dishonest scheme

The Sun Coffee Time

Something shady

Fraudulent scheme

Get-rich-quick scheme, say

Intriguing development

Fraudulent scheme

Grifter’s specialty

Wall Street Journal

___ Likely (phone warning)

Dishonest scheme

The Sun Coffee Time

Monkey endlessly makes racket

The Sun Cryptic

Ponzi scheme, for example

Fraudulent scheme

Smishing, for one

Wall Street Journal

Fraudulent scheme

Improper taking

Phishing scheme, e.g.

Ponzi scheme, e.g.

Fraudulent scheme

Swindle of reversible rainwear?

The Sun Cryptic

Dishonest scheme

The Sun Coffee Time

Not a good deal

Fraudulent scheme

Sketchy email, often

Message like "You've just won a free cruise!" probably

Get-rich-quick scheme, often

Ponzi scheme, say

Offer that seems too good to be true, usually

"Make $10,000 in two days" post, probably

Too-good-to-be-true deal, probably

“___ Goddess” (Laci Mosley podcast “dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it”)

Many an email from a Nigerian prince

Plea for money from a foreign prince, perhaps

Offer you shouldn't accept

Con man’s con

Reversible raincoats and fleece

The Sun Cryptic

The Sun Coffee Time

"___ Likely" (iPhone warning when a sketchy call comes in)

___ Likely (phone warning)

Shady-sounding phone call, e.g.

Deceptive offer

Car warranty call, usually

Foreclosure email, perhaps

Wall Street Journal

Grifter's scheme