Examples of scam in a Sentence

Noun She was the victim of an insurance scam. a sophisticated credit card scam Verb 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.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The employee purchased the cards, but later discovered the email had not come from his boss and was a scam, police said. — Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2022 Three fraudsters who went on the run after being convicted of carrying out a multimillion-dollar Covid-19 relief scam have been captured in Montenegro, U.S. law enforcement sources said Wednesday. — Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2022 Moments after the brash Encino real estate broker was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison for her key role in a tawdry pandemic loan scam, prosecutor Christopher Fenton asked a judge to put her in prison immediately. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022 In October the rapper was arrested for allegedly participating in a COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program relief scam along with co-conspirators. — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2021 The scam uses social engineering and fraudulent apps to steal money from its unsuspecting victims. — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 18 Mar. 2022 One Facebook user posited that the suspect was from out of town and stopping in Seguin just to attempt his scam. — Dan Carson, Chron, 17 Mar. 2022 The phishing scam occurred during the administration of Mayor Lee Brand, Dyer’s predecessor. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022 An officer showed her how to block the number from which the scam originated. — cleveland, 13 Mar. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb In a bid to crack down on criminal gangs that operate tow companies and tow truck drivers who scam accident victims with aggressive schemes, aldermen advanced a plan Wednesday to establish a Chicago city tow truck license. — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2021 The preening old matriarch tends her roses, while Coriolanus’ cousin Tigris scams fancy clothes from her boozy fashion boss. — Darren Franich, EW.com, 19 May 2020 Hackers are sending more and more bogus but legitimate-looking emails that seem relevant to the coronavirus outbreak but are instead attempts to scam people, according to research by cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks. — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2020 Attorney General Daniel Cameron also warned Wednesday of new charity and Medicaid scams his office is seeing related to COVID-19. — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2020 Investigate manipulative advertising and scams targeting youth. — Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2020 Two Mississippi men tried to scam the state lottery by submitting a losing ticket that had the winning numbers glued onto it, police said. — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2020 Trying to scam the system and make deals to rip people off is easier. — Ariel Lebeau, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2019 How to avoid commerce scams: Cybercriminals may take advantage of your need to self-quarantine to scam you out of your money. — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 16 Mar. 2020 See More

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