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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
Their world may have been dangerous, but the scammers were not ruled by fear of the law.
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Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Temple says if the strategy is to target bands and artists who haven't released music in years, the AI scammers could likely do this quite a lot before getting caught.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
As scammers get better at disguising their traps, our best defense is slowing down, thinking twice, and remembering that no real voicemail requires you to log in through a random link in your inbox.
—Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Victims may only notice unauthorized transactions after substantial amounts have been taken from their accounts as scammers frequently conduct small, less noticeable withdrawals to evade fraud detection systems.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Search the phone number, email or name of potential scammers online.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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.
—Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 15 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
With Gmail attacks ongoing, as well as warnings being issued as Google users are impacted by new security threats, users of Android smartphones are increasingly in the crosshairs of hackers and scammers alike.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Temple says if the strategy is to target bands and artists who haven't released music in years, the AI scammers could likely do this quite a lot before getting caught.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
As scammers get better at disguising their traps, our best defense is slowing down, thinking twice, and remembering that no real voicemail requires you to log in through a random link in your inbox.
—Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Victims may only notice unauthorized transactions after substantial amounts have been taken from their accounts as scammers frequently conduct small, less noticeable withdrawals to evade fraud detection systems.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Search the phone number, email or name of potential scammers online.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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.
—Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 15 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
With Gmail attacks ongoing, as well as warnings being issued as Google users are impacted by new security threats, users of Android smartphones are increasingly in the crosshairs of hackers and scammers alike.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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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Plot details are very hazy, but the word on the street is that the story centers on a ne’er-do-well smuggler who finds himself in the middle of a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in him surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries and thirsty sharks alike.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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And while catch and release has become popular with plenty of species from bonefish, tarpon, and permit to smallmouth bass, walleye, and even sharks, few species dominate the catch-and-release culture quite like trout.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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The less information fraudsters can find about you, the weaker their scams become.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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None has fascinated me as much as fraudsters.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Scammers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scammers. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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