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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Andy Abrahams 'Harmless Women' by Rebecca Sharpe When scammer Avalon discovers her latest mark has apparently killed her husband, the two women are forced to go on the run together.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
To gain access, the hackers pose as recruiters seeking contractors for those companies and therefore possess their credentials (which the scammers can obtain with Omnistealer), or as freelance developers seeking to be hired themselves.
—Jessica Klein, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
That creates a perfect opening for scammers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
This way, if scammers try to open up lines of credit in your name, lenders won’t be able to approve it without credit report access.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
To gain access, the hackers pose as recruiters seeking contractors for those companies and therefore possess their credentials (which the scammers can obtain with Omnistealer), or as freelance developers seeking to be hired themselves.
—Jessica Klein, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
That creates a perfect opening for scammers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
This way, if scammers try to open up lines of credit in your name, lenders won’t be able to approve it without credit report access.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for scammer
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scammer. Accessed 15 Apr. 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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