scammer

noun

scam·​mer ˈska-mər 

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

Now 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

Synonyms

• cheat
• dodger
• shark

Examples of scammer in a Sentence

Internet scammers who never seem to run out of swindles

Recent Examples on the Web

One sure way to spot these fake texts is that the scammers incorrectly claim to be from the Arizona DMV. —Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2025

Some prospective employers are adopting AI tools to screen social media to determine if applicants are real, because AI has led to an explosion of fake (or stolen) identities by scammers. —Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

This year in Las Vegas, researchers will show some of the results from these experiments, while also explaining how the same technology can be used by online scammers to automate the social engineering process. —Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025

This limits how easily scammers and spammers can find and target you. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scammer

• amor
• clamor
• clamour
• glamor
• glamour
• grammar
• hammer
• jammer
• rammer
• stammer
• programmer
• sledgehammer

Kids Definition

scammer

noun

scam·​mer

ˈskam-ər

: someone who perpetuates a scam : a person who commits or participates in a fraudulent scheme or operation