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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The lawsuit comes amid soaring reports of imposter scams — a broad category of fraud in which the scammer poses as a trusted person, such as a family member or a representative of a bank or government agency, in order to gain access to the victim's accounts or collect personal data.
—Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 13 May 2026
That notice matters because scammers love moments like this.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
He was then directed to another scammer via a phone call, with this person claiming to be a member of the Ventura County Credit Union Fraud Department.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
And now, in the middle of all of that, scammers have found a way in to make things even worse for us.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 May 2026
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Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 13 May 2026
That notice matters because scammers love moments like this.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
He was then directed to another scammer via a phone call, with this person claiming to be a member of the Ventura County Credit Union Fraud Department.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
And now, in the middle of all of that, scammers have found a way in to make things even worse for us.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 May 2026
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 19 May. 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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