plural scammers
: one who perpetrates a scam : a person who commits or participates in a fraudulent scheme or operation
insurance/credit card scammers
The company will not call you to ask for your Social Security or account number, but nefarious scammers might.—
Ellen Marks
Ellen MarksNow that most people are alert to suspicious e-mails and phony phone calls, text messages are the new frontier for scammers out to con you.—Consumer Reports
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Examples of scammer in a Sentence
Internet scammers who never seem to run out of swindles
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Posting a child’s full name, age, place of birth, birthdate, school, name of pets, and favorite sports team can all be used when a child is a young adult by scammers for bad loans, fraudulent credit card transactions or online shopping scams.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 29 July 2024
Lately, scammers have been impersonating individuals who are employed by the sheriff’s office, even going as far as to fraudulently provide real individuals’ names.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
The takedowns include a coordinated network of around 2,500 accounts run by about 20 scammers that primarily targeted U.S. adult men.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 July 2024
But that is Trump’s shtick, as the most proficient political scammer in U.S. history.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2024
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Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 29 July 2024
Lately, scammers have been impersonating individuals who are employed by the sheriff’s office, even going as far as to fraudulently provide real individuals’ names.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
The takedowns include a coordinated network of around 2,500 accounts run by about 20 scammers that primarily targeted U.S. adult men.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 July 2024
But that is Trump’s shtick, as the most proficient political scammer in U.S. history.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2024
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scammer. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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