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 scammers are getting much better now, especially with the help of generative AI to help do their jobs for them.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Taken together, these conditions have proven ripe for scammers exploiting increasing desperate jobseekers.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Seniors are often the last to find out when a scammer has taken out a loan or opened a card in their name.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
For scammers with a creative flair, AI presents a novel way to make a quick buck.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Taken together, these conditions have proven ripe for scammers exploiting increasing desperate jobseekers.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Seniors are often the last to find out when a scammer has taken out a loan or opened a card in their name.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
For scammers with a creative flair, AI presents a novel way to make a quick buck.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 10 Sep. 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 16 Sep. 2025.
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