SCAM

SCAM is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for SCAM in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "SCAM" answer was first appeared in "5 Dec 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Sucker play". It was authored by Manny Nosowsky. Recently, the "SCAM" answer has been used for "6 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Hustle (6)". It was authored by Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Hustle (6)". "SCAM" appeared 153 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "SCAM" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
6 Dec 2023 5A Hustle Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight
5 Aug 2023 11A Con John Guzzetta
6 Jun 2023 32D Plea for money from a foreign prince, perhaps Daniel Jaret
23 Apr 2023 51A Bamboozle Katie Hale and Scott Hogan
13 Sep 2022 5D Ponzi scheme, for one Adam Wagner
6 Jun 2022 22A Do the hustle? Michael Schlossberg
25 May 2022 33D Almost every get-rich-quick scheme Christopher Youngs
30 Apr 2022 54D Hustle Joe DiPietro
9 Apr 2022 32D Racket Sam Buchbinder
4 Feb 2022 53D Bamboozle Joseph Greenbaum
13 Sep 2021 57D Con job A. Tariq
13 Jul 2021 39A Email about big lottery winnings, usually Bruce Haight
21 Jun 2021 6A Many a get-rich-quick scheme Jacob Stulberg
25 Apr 2021 102A Hoodwink Jeremy Newton
11 Jan 2021 10A Swindle Martha Kimes
24 Dec 2020 45D Kind of artist Billy Ouska
3 Oct 2020 54D With 41-Down, swindlers Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson
8 Jun 2020 14D Swindle Kyle Dolan
11 Mar 2020 29A Fake I.R.S. call, e.g. Erik Agard
5 Dec 2019 18A Subject of a Better Business Bureau investigation Neville Fogarty
3 Nov 2019 1D Grifter’s game Kristian House
23 Jul 2019 22D Rip-off Kyle Dolan
14 Jul 2019 9A Racket Caitlin Reid
8 Jul 2019 10A Almost any offer that’s too good to be true Ned White
5 Jul 2019 34A Pull a fast one on Freddie Cheng
27 May 2019 56D Grifter’s game Bruce Haight
9 Apr 2019 8A Apple varieties / Trick Alex Eaton-Salners
27 Feb 2019 10A Phishing scheme, e.g. Will Nediger
10 Feb 2019 111D Ponzi scheme, e.g. Lee Taylor
4 Jun 2018 6D Run a con on Zhouqin Burnikel
11 May 2017 1A Rook or gull Timothy Polin
25 Jan 2017 32A Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g. Tracy Gray
14 Aug 2016 46A Attorney general’s investigation target Ian Livengood
8 Jan 2016 18A Deal with a huge catch Peter A. Collins
4 Oct 2015 60D Play for a fool Jeremy Newton
3 May 2015 25A Take for a ride Dan Schoenholz
3 Mar 2015 61A Flimflam Kristian House
18 Jan 2015 66A Arrangement of hosing? Joe Krozel
27 Nov 2014 5D Put one over on Stanley Newman
22 Sep 2014 10A Almost any “Get rich quick!” offer Ian Livengood
22 Jul 2014 53A Get-rich-quick offer, typically Joel Fagliano
15 Jul 2014 5A Many a carnival game Zhouqin Burnikel
24 Jun 2014 33D Grift, e.g. Heather Valadez
18 May 2014 39A One may take you in Joe DiPietro
6 Feb 2014 33D Source of ill-gotten gains Joe Krozel
1 Apr 2013 1A Fool Gary J. Whitehead
18 Mar 2013 35A Fleecing Daniel Landman
11 Feb 2013 35A Swindle Gary Cee
5 Feb 2013 6A Do a Bernie Madoff job on Robert A. Doll
23 Dec 2012 118A Too-good-to-be-true offer, often Joe DiPietro
24 Nov 2012 51A Hustle Josh Knapp
28 Sep 2012 45A Phishing lure? Ed Sessa
8 Feb 2012 55D Con game Lynn Lempel
25 Sep 2011 9A Goal of phishing Paul Hunsberger
18 Sep 2011 98A E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually Josh Knapp
2 Mar 2011 51D E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably David Poole
15 Dec 2010 36D Bernie Madoff’s hedge fund, e.g. John Lampkin
8 Nov 2010 55D Offer that’s too good to be true, often John Dunn
30 Oct 2010 24A Contrivance for taking people for a ride Barry C. Silk
20 Sep 2010 7D Many an e-mail “click here” offer Bernice Gordon
22 Aug 2010 85D Hustle Patrick Berry
16 Jul 2010 5A One reported to the Better Business Bureau Mel Rosen
12 Mar 2010 53D It takes folks in Tim Croce
1 Jul 2009 7A Ripoff David J. Kahn
2 Jun 2009 54D Hustle Patrick Blindauer
25 Dec 2008 29A Con Eric Tentarelli
7 Jun 2008 10A Fleece Karen M. Tracey
18 Dec 2007 10A Con game Alan Arbesfeld
11 Nov 2007 119D Con game Alan Arbesfeld
26 Feb 2007 1D E-mail offer of $17,000,000.00, e.g. Peter A. Collins
15 Feb 2007 40A Fast one Elizabeth Rehfeld
15 Nov 2006 25A Ponzi scheme, e.g. David Benkof
25 Oct 2006 52D Ripoff Adam G. Perl
24 Sep 2006 80D Offer that seems too good to be true, probably Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann
19 Sep 2006 27D Shell game Allan E. Parrish
15 Aug 2006 14A Shell game, e.g. David Sullivan
19 Jun 2006 1A E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you, e.g. Raymond Hamel
10 Apr 2006 55D Rip-off Gary J. Whitehead
4 Mar 2006 28D Hustle Bob Peoples
16 Feb 2006 14A Fleece Levi Denham and Nancy Salomon
19 Oct 2005 51A Hoodwink Levi Denham
27 Mar 2005 106D Take for a ride Con Pederson
15 Oct 2004 29D One may take you in Eric Berlin
1 Sep 2004 54D Ponzi scheme, e.g. Jim Conklin
14 Aug 2004 1D Cozenage Joe DiPietro
4 Jul 2004 133D Pyramid scheme Elizabeth C. Gorski
22 May 2004 48A Money-losing proposition Mark Diehl
25 Jan 2004 28A Fleece Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
14 Nov 2003 26A Shell game Myles Callum
8 Oct 2003 6A Swindle Peter Sarrett
11 Aug 2003 37D Pyramid scheme, e.g. Randall J. Hartman
19 Nov 2002 28D Trick Alan Arbesfeld
10 Nov 2002 3D Ripoff Cathy Millhauser
24 Oct 2002 10A Ensnaring scheme Patrick Merrell
28 Aug 2002 6A Sting Mel Taub
8 Jul 2002 1A Fraud Sheldon Benardo
8 Mar 2002 53D Cheat David J. Kahn
15 Nov 2001 45D Fleece Alan Arbesfeld
26 Sep 2001 1A Con game Stephen Budiansky
19 Mar 2001 59D Swindle Peter Gordon
1 Jul 2000 5D Defraud Rich Norris
25 May 2000 6D Ripoff Elizabeth C. Gorski
19 Apr 2000 5A Fast one Frances Hansen
17 Jan 2000 10A Con game Trip Payne
4 Dec 1999 5D Fleece Rich Norris
6 Sep 1999 9A Swindle Manny Nosowsky
26 Jul 1999 3D Ripoff M. Francis Vuolo
30 May 1999 48D Fraud Cathy Millhauser
18 May 1999 19A Fraudulent operation Cynthia Joy Higgins
23 Mar 1999 52D Defraud Nathaniel Weiss
2 Feb 1999 1A Con game Norma Steinberg
24 Sep 1998 43A Con Frances Hansen
20 Sep 1998 15D Fast shuffle, so to speak Charles M. Deber
18 Aug 1998 1D Rip-off Nancy Salomon
17 Aug 1998 53D Con game Gregory E. Paul
8 Jun 1998 10A Con artist’s art Mark Danna
22 May 1998 60D Run a game on Brendan Emmett Quigley
13 Apr 1998 5A Rip-off Gregory E. Paul
1 Mar 1998 37D Swindle Cathy Millhauser
17 Feb 1998 10A Swindle Mark Elliot Skolsky
15 Jan 1998 52D Sting Arthur S. Verdesca
26 Aug 1997 21A Pull a con Stephanie Spadaccini
10 Aug 1997 113D Sting Nancy Nicholson Joline
11 Jun 1997 1D Swindle Rich Norris
26 May 1997 10A Fraud Eileen Lexau
19 Mar 1997 31A Con job Trip Payne
26 Dec 1996 52D Con R. H. Burns
27 Oct 1996 88A Con game N. N. Joline
9 Oct 1996 6A Fast one R. Hughes
23 Sep 1996 51A Money-losing proposition S. L. Robbins
22 Sep 1996 77A Rip off C. Millhauser
8 Jul 1996 26D Con man’s con Sidney L. Robbins
5 Feb 1996 1D Swindle Robert Katz
4 Feb 1996 1A Deception D. J. Kahn
11 Oct 1995 10A Telemarketing danger Mary E. Brindamour
21 Sep 1995 46D Con Chuck Deodene
17 Sep 1995 76A How a fool and his money are parted Stanley Newman
10 Aug 1995 47A Three-card monte, e.g. Matt Gaffney
12 Apr 1995 36D Hoax Rich Norris
6 Apr 1995 5A Case for the consumer affairs bureau Lois Sidway
26 Mar 1995 15A Rip-off Rich Norris
26 Dec 1994 26D Ripoff Gregory E. Paul
29 Nov 1994 28A Con artist’s game Bernice Gordon
16 Nov 1994 10D Swindle Chuck Deodene
30 Sep 1994 10A Defraud Matt Gaffney
20 Jul 1994 17A Con game Harvey Estes
1 May 1994 104D Ponzi scheme Peter Gordon
25 Feb 1994 7A Dupe Bob Lubbers
23 Feb 1994 10A Bunco Joel Davajan
22 Jan 1994 5A Swindle Raymond Hamel
19 Jan 1994 5A Pigeon drop, e.g. Stanley Newman
16 Dec 1993 20A Sting Nancy Joline
5 Dec 1993 52D Sucker play Manny Nosowsky

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