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Definition of scam
: a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation an insurance scam
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Examples of scam in a Sentence
She was the victim of an insurance scam.
a sophisticated credit card scam
Recent Examples of scam from the Web
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And in the U.S., the FBI says that romance scams, often perpetuated via dating sites, are the costliest internet crime for individuals.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced charges against 412 people for participating in a health-care scam totaling some $1.3 billion in false billings.
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Opportunist hackers are amateurs and professionals who spend hours a day running random scams on the Internet looking for unprotected home computers.
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This isn’t the first time that banks have been caught out by a major financing scam in commodities.
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The scam phone call was made from a phone number with an 855 area code.
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Some became suspicious that the whole thing was a scam.
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With a rise in GoFundMe accounts, there comes a rise in GoFundMe scams.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A U.S. trial for 10 defendants in a multimillion-dollar Jamaican lottery scam case has been delayed until early next year.
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Origin and Etymology of scam
origin unknown
scam
Definition of scam
scammed
;scamming
scammer
nounExamples of scam in a Sentence
The company scammed hundreds of people out of their life savings.
I could tell they were scamming you and charging too much.
They scammed a lot of money from unwary customers.
First Known Use of scam
1963
SCAM Defined for English Language Learners
scam
playDefinition of scam for English Language Learners
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: a dishonest way to make money by deceiving people
scam
Definition of scam for English Language Learners
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: to deceive and take money from (someone)
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: to get (something, such as money) by deceiving someone
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