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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Between March 2023 and November 2025, the scammers portrayed themselves as lawyers operating out of a bogus immigration law firm, called CM Bufete De Abogados Consultoria Migratoria, who solicited prospective clients primarily through Facebook, prosecutors said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
Billing notices like this are common, and scammers rely on that familiarity to slip past quick checks.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
The office also says recent FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center data shows scammers stole more than $243 million from Colorado residents in 2024, which was an increase of nearly $56 million from the previous year.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
Pham argued that visitor caps introduced after the pandemic can create scarcity that draws scammers.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
Billing notices like this are common, and scammers rely on that familiarity to slip past quick checks.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
The office also says recent FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center data shows scammers stole more than $243 million from Colorado residents in 2024, which was an increase of nearly $56 million from the previous year.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
Pham argued that visitor caps introduced after the pandemic can create scarcity that draws scammers.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scammer. Accessed 28 Feb. 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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