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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Internet scammers who never seem to run out of swindles
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These scammers charge upfront fees to lock in a loan.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
This data is packaged and sold to advertisers, insurers, political groups, background-check sites and, most worryingly, scammers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Days later, the same scammer tried again at another company location.
—Tori Mason, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Their home was spray-painted with a threatening message and their phone numbers were leaked to scammers after the release of the information, the lawsuit said.
—Idaho Statesman, 27 Dec. 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
This data is packaged and sold to advertisers, insurers, political groups, background-check sites and, most worryingly, scammers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Days later, the same scammer tried again at another company location.
—Tori Mason, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Their home was spray-painted with a threatening message and their phone numbers were leaked to scammers after the release of the information, the lawsuit said.
—Idaho Statesman, 27 Dec. 2025
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scammer. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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scammer
noun
scam·mer
ˈskam-ər 
: someone who perpetuates a scam : a person who commits or participates in a fraudulent scheme or operation
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