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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This accessibility, coupled with the increase in remote and hybrid formats for classes since the COVID-19 pandemic, creates vulnerabilities that scammers exploit to cash in on both state and federal financial aid.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
Yet again, scammers are impersonating law enforcement agencies in this atack, which has become a widespread theme across state and local as well as federal law enforcement.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Cyber scammers are using search engine listings to dupe Bank of America, Netflix, and Microsoft customers into calling fake customer support numbers.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 21 June 2025
Many scammers use the internet to commit fraud, phishing and scam attacks, and often seniors are targeted.
—Kara McGinley, USA Today, 21 June 2025
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Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
Yet again, scammers are impersonating law enforcement agencies in this atack, which has become a widespread theme across state and local as well as federal law enforcement.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Cyber scammers are using search engine listings to dupe Bank of America, Netflix, and Microsoft customers into calling fake customer support numbers.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 21 June 2025
Many scammers use the internet to commit fraud, phishing and scam attacks, and often seniors are targeted.
—Kara McGinley, USA Today, 21 June 2025
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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scammer. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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