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 commission reports the use of the ATMs by scammers, who urge consumers to deposit cash into them to protect their savings, is on the rise.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
These methods are far harder for scammers to intercept than text messages.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Now, scammers are out to steal the chips.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The situation isn’t lost on scammers’ targets.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
These methods are far harder for scammers to intercept than text messages.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Now, scammers are out to steal the chips.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The situation isn’t lost on scammers’ targets.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
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 7 Oct. 2025.
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