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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Users are able to search URLs, emails and phone numbers to determine if the person contacting them was flagged as a scammer.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Keep your devices secure and your private data off public sites where scammers look for new targets.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The postal service website explains that scammers often use publicly available addresses to ship cheap or empty packages.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Spoofing happens when a scammer copies someone’s social media profile, such as their name, photos and other details, to create a fake account that looks real.
—Marin Independent Journal, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Keep your devices secure and your private data off public sites where scammers look for new targets.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The postal service website explains that scammers often use publicly available addresses to ship cheap or empty packages.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Spoofing happens when a scammer copies someone’s social media profile, such as their name, photos and other details, to create a fake account that looks real.
—Marin Independent Journal, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
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 29 Oct. 2025.
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