| Like the skin of fish and reptiles | 34 |
| Like snakeskin | 14 |
| Like snakes | 11 |
| Like serpent skin | 17 |
| Like perch skin | 15 |
| Like pangolins | 14 |
| Like most fish | 14 |
| Like lizard skin | 16 |
| Like a skink's skin | 23 |
| Like a pangolin | 15 |
| Dragonlike | 10 |
| -- anteater | 11 |
| Sting operation | 15 |
| Ripoff | 6 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g. | 18 |
| Phony deal | 10 |
| Sucker play | 11 |
| Phishing, e.g. | 14 |
| Take for a ride? | 16 |
| Fraudulent operation | 20 |
| Act of fraud | 12 |
| Telemarketing danger | 20 |
| Fraudulent scheme | 17 |
| Cozenage | 8 |
| Con man's ploy | 18 |
| Shell game, e.g. | 16 |
| Shady deal | 10 |
| Deceptive scheme | 16 |
| Con artist's game | 21 |
| Source of illegitimate income | 29 |
| Pyramid scheme, e.g. | 20 |
| Ponzi scheme | 12 |
| One may take you in | 19 |
| Money-losing proposition | 24 |
| Grifter's specialty | 23 |
| Grifter's forte | 19 |
| Ensnaring scheme | 16 |
| E-mail from a Nigerian prince, probably | 39 |
| Con man's ruse | 18 |
| Con man's forte | 19 |
| Cheat out of money | 18 |
| Bait and switch, for one | 24 |
| Unethical way to make money | 27 |
| Too-good-to-be-true investment | 30 |
| Three-card monte, notably | 25 |
| Three-card monte is one | 23 |
| Pyramid scheme, for one | 23 |
| Ponzi scheme, for one | 21 |
| Pigeon drop, for one | 20 |
| Pigeon drop, e.g. | 17 |
| Phishing, for one | 17 |
| Nigerian e-mail, sometimes | 26 |
| Grifter's scheme | 20 |
| Grifter's plan | 18 |
| Fast-buck artist's ploy | 27 |
| E-mail from Nigeria, maybe | 26 |
| Dupe's undoing | 18 |
| Dishonest hustle | 16 |
| Con man's scheme | 20 |
| Bait and switch is one | 22 |
| Act of deception | 16 |
| A fast one | 10 |
| Your cheatin' art | 21 |
| Too-good-to-be-true offer, often | 32 |
| Thimblerig, e.g. | 16 |
| Taking-in activity | 18 |
| Swindler's speciality | 25 |
| Swindler's ruse | 19 |
| Swindler's ploy | 19 |
| Swindler's plan | 19 |
| Swindler's enterprise | 25 |
| Source of ill-gotten gains | 26 |
| Shell game, for one | 19 |
| Shady scheme | 12 |
| Shady plan | 10 |
| Run a game on | 13 |
| Run a con on | 12 |
| Rip off in a way | 17 |
| Record label fast one | 21 |
| Pyramid scheme | 14 |
| Pull a con | 10 |
| Ponzi game, e.g. | 16 |
| Ploy that targets the gullible | 30 |
| Plot that's "pulled" | 34 |
| Pigeon drop e.g. | 17 |
| Phone call telling you to pay the IRS immediately or you'll be thrown in jail, e.g. | 87 |
| Phishing lure? | 14 |
| Phishing expedition | 19 |
| Phishing activity | 17 |
| Phisher's ploy | 18 |
| Patsy's downfall | 20 |
| Operation in "The Sting" | 34 |
| One reported to the Better Business Bureau | 42 |
| Offer that's too good to be true, often | 43 |
| Offer that seems too good to be true, probably | 46 |
| Nigerian lottery e-mail, e.g. | 29 |
| Nigerian Letter, for one | 24 |
| Nigerian email, often | 21 |
| “Moneymaking opportunity” that isn’t | 48 |
| Matter of confidence? | 21 |