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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PYRAMIDSCHEME which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in

25%11Common email scam
noun

• a letter that is sent successively to several people

25%10Common scam used to obtain free temporary clothing
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