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
Consumer ReportsExamples of scammer in a Sentence
Internet scammers who never seem to run out of swindles
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Email scams have become one of the fastest ways scammers steal money from older adults.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The problem has gone nationwide, with a recent CNN report on crypto scammers using Circle K convenience stories across the country as a hub for this activity.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
In one scheme, prosecutors say dozens of scammers bilked more than $250 million from a federal program meant to feed hungry children in what has been described as the largest pandemic-era fraud scheme in the country.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
An investigation is underway after a fraudulent email led to the transfer of more than $800,000 from the Tripp County government to a bank account controlled by scammers.
—Chris Mueller, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 Jan. 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The problem has gone nationwide, with a recent CNN report on crypto scammers using Circle K convenience stories across the country as a hub for this activity.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
In one scheme, prosecutors say dozens of scammers bilked more than $250 million from a federal program meant to feed hungry children in what has been described as the largest pandemic-era fraud scheme in the country.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
An investigation is underway after a fraudulent email led to the transfer of more than $800,000 from the Tripp County government to a bank account controlled by scammers.
—Chris Mueller, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scammer. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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scammer
noun
scam·mer
ˈskam-ər 
: someone who perpetuates a scam : a person who commits or participates in a fraudulent scheme or operation
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