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scammer

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of scammer

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value

Internet scammers who never seem to run out of swindles

Synonyms of scammer

bilk, bilker, cheat, cheater, chiseler (or chiseller), confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, finagler, hoaxer, shark, sharper, swindler, trickster

Words Related to scammer

double-crosser, double-dealer

bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, ringer, sham

adventurer, fox, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue

slicker, smoothy (or smoothie), wheeler-dealer

plotter, schemer, sneak, sneaker

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