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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The Federal Trade Commission says scammers are posing as IRS agents, police officers or other officials – often over the phone or online – to steal thousands of dollars at a time.
—Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Then, the scammers build fake profiles on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, which includes sending friend requests to people in the target's social media network to give the appearance of mutual friends.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Hackers, scammers and online propagandists are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) as part of their operations, and OpenAI releases a report each quarter detailing how those bad actors have tried to exploit versions of ChatGPT.
—Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Wire fraud in real estate involves scammers tricking buyers or sellers into sending money to fraudulent accounts.
—Collyn Wainwright, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
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Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Then, the scammers build fake profiles on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, which includes sending friend requests to people in the target's social media network to give the appearance of mutual friends.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Hackers, scammers and online propagandists are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) as part of their operations, and OpenAI releases a report each quarter detailing how those bad actors have tried to exploit versions of ChatGPT.
—Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Wire fraud in real estate involves scammers tricking buyers or sellers into sending money to fraudulent accounts.
—Collyn Wainwright, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scammer. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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