Related Clues:

• Snow job
• It takes folks in
• Welles' 'War of the Worlds,' e.g.
• No mere prank
• Crooked operation
• One reported to the Better Business Bureau
• Sting, for instance
• Leg-pull
• Shady scheme
• Many an e-mail 'click here' offer
• Contrivance for taking people for a ride
• Offer that's too good to be true, often
• Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g.
• Bogus plan
• Elaborate fraud