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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
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Recent Examples of scammers
The Federal Trade Commission says scammers are posing as IRS agents, police officers or other officials – often over the phone or online – to steal thousands of dollars at a time.
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Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Then, the scammers build fake profiles on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, which includes sending friend requests to people in the target's social media network to give the appearance of mutual friends.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Hackers, scammers and online propagandists are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) as part of their operations, and OpenAI releases a report each quarter detailing how those bad actors have tried to exploit versions of ChatGPT.
—Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Let’s make San Diego County the place where scammers fail and older adults thrive.
—Summer Stephan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
The Indiana Covered Bridge Festival is free, so watch out for scammers selling tickets to the event.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
The challenge for disinformers, misinformers, and scammers is not primarily content creation but audience creation.
—John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
The commission reports the use of the ATMs by scammers, who urge consumers to deposit cash into them to protect their savings, is on the rise.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Now, scammers are out to steal the chips.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Then, the scammers build fake profiles on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, which includes sending friend requests to people in the target's social media network to give the appearance of mutual friends.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Hackers, scammers and online propagandists are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) as part of their operations, and OpenAI releases a report each quarter detailing how those bad actors have tried to exploit versions of ChatGPT.
—Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Let’s make San Diego County the place where scammers fail and older adults thrive.
—Summer Stephan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
The Indiana Covered Bridge Festival is free, so watch out for scammers selling tickets to the event.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
The challenge for disinformers, misinformers, and scammers is not primarily content creation but audience creation.
—John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
The commission reports the use of the ATMs by scammers, who urge consumers to deposit cash into them to protect their savings, is on the rise.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Now, scammers are out to steal the chips.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scammers
Noun
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Her character also has a fake handicapped license plate and cheats at golf.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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No one cheats like college football.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Whale sharks may be confusingly named.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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When a prisoner died, they were either buried in unmarked graves or dismembered and thrown to the sharks.—
Maya Duclay,
ABC News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Serial swindlers and men prone to violence are among the seven people Colorado’s gambling regulators have banned for life from casinos since the state created a system last year for barring problem bettors.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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McKelway, who wrote for the magazine from the nineteen-thirties to the sixties, specialized in true-crime stories, bringing to life a gallery of scamps and swindlers and impostors.—
David Grann,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Kurt's key takeaways The holidays should be about joy, generosity and giving back, not about lining the pockets of fraudsters.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The scams are odd — but fraudsters can sound convincing.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Scammers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scammers. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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