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
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Tom is a small-time scammer scraping by in early-1960s New York City when he’s summoned to meet with Herbert Greenleaf (Manchester by the Sea filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan), a shipping magnate whose son Richard has been living in Italy on a trust fund.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
And though there’s still the chance CBD can have a place in our medicine cabinets, the authors say that health regulators need to do more to rein in the scammers selling it as a cure-all for everything under the Sun.
—Ed Cara / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Cybersecurity software firm MalwareBytes Labs noted the same timeline and advised readers to be alert for scammers pretending to be from AT&T.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
And scammers are getting more sophisticated, using artificial intelligence to swindle corporations.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
However, cyber experts warn that scammers can go a long way to dupe anyone.
—Kelsey Klimara, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2024
One scam type, W-2 phishing, is when scammers pretend to be a legit tax adviser and con people into providing them with their W-2 forms, usually via email or text.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2024
Taylor Swift fans longing to see the Eras Tour in Europe or North America should beware of scammers getting creative to lure them into spending hundreds and thousands on fake tickets.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Police say the scammers struck again the next day, persuading the woman to wire $457,410.34 to a gold dealer for more gold bars.
—Dan Morse, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
And though there’s still the chance CBD can have a place in our medicine cabinets, the authors say that health regulators need to do more to rein in the scammers selling it as a cure-all for everything under the Sun.
—Ed Cara / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Cybersecurity software firm MalwareBytes Labs noted the same timeline and advised readers to be alert for scammers pretending to be from AT&T.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
And scammers are getting more sophisticated, using artificial intelligence to swindle corporations.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
However, cyber experts warn that scammers can go a long way to dupe anyone.
—Kelsey Klimara, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2024
One scam type, W-2 phishing, is when scammers pretend to be a legit tax adviser and con people into providing them with their W-2 forms, usually via email or text.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2024
Taylor Swift fans longing to see the Eras Tour in Europe or North America should beware of scammers getting creative to lure them into spending hundreds and thousands on fake tickets.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Police say the scammers struck again the next day, persuading the woman to wire $457,410.34 to a gold dealer for more gold bars.
—Dan Morse, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scammer. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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