How to Use scammer in a Sentence

scammer

noun
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  • Skip Google since scammers abound on searchers like this.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
  • At least some of these scammers are now getting a taste of their own medicine.
    — Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 20 July 2023
  • More like there’s-a-no belly fat to be found on this scammer’s bod.
    — Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The scammer then attempts to have the funds sent directly to them.
    — Diane Tomb, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • What are your go-to strategies for keeping the scammers at bay?
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The cards are then returned to the store for purchase and monitored by the scammers.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Their lips and facial expressions move with those made by the face of the scammer.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
  • If a scammer has not yet drained the card yet, the company may be able to return funds to you, the FTC said.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Soon, the scammer began asking the victim for money in the form of gift cards.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2021
  • To Michael’s immense relief, the scammer didn’t follow through on the threats.
    — Chris Moody, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • This allowed the scammers to approve the wire transfers.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • This time window is enough for a scammer to con someone.
    — Ax Sharma, WIRED, 28 June 2023
  • To keep up the elaborate ruse, the scammers also sent Mrs. K fake Chase bank emails.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The scammer persuades the victim to give them access to a bank account in the victim’s name.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
  • No one wants to be tangled up in legal troubles, and the scammer knows this all too well.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Alas, there are a lot of scammers out there, but always DYOR.
    — Ben McKenzie, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
  • Yet scammers dangle offers above what the owner paid or thinks the unit is worth, Sugich said.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2024
  • If a scammer has not yet drained the card yet, the company may be able to return funds to you, according to the FTC.
    — CBS News, 25 Dec. 2023
  • But by then, the scammer already had access to his accounts.
    — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Stephan said scammers can gain access to devices through sneaky links sent via text or email.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Protection from scammers:Want to keep your gift cards safe?
    — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
  • It’s become a safe haven for hate speech, and meanwhile crypto scammers and bots are paying to be boosted to the top of replies.
    — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 13 June 2023
  • Now, the scammer can create fake documents and complete the sale.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
  • The scammer went so far as to listen in on Yaffe’s phone, which was in her pocket, as she was turned down by Bank of America.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • As part of her research, Nofziger exchanged texts with a cat scammer in February to see their ploy.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The woman learned that her account was in good standing and that she had been victimized by a scammer.
    — cleveland, 9 June 2022
  • Here's how to avoid scammers trying to resell fake Eras Tour tickets.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 13 June 2023
  • Anyone who asks for payment that way is most likely a scammer.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • For the Combs fake, the scammers likely culled words and phrases from the singer’s appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2023
  • Julio keeps thinking about undergoing a procedure offered by a brother-sister team of telephone scammers which would sever his soul from his body.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024

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