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scammer

British  
/ ˈskæmə /

noun

  1. slang a person who perpetrates a scam; swindler

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"The Masked Scammer" delves deep into another one, a French con artist who scammed French elite to the tune of millions of euros.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2022

She just came out with a book called Scammer and then had everyone preorder it and never mailed it.

From The Verge • Oct. 30, 2020

Joanne the Scammer — an Instagram, then Vine, then YouTube star who’s been cranking out work from inside the Super Deluxe incubator for the last two years — is finally making the transition to television.

From The Verge • Dec. 6, 2017

And if the images could talk, they might say, “I know what you think of me”, or, perhaps, in the words of Joanne the Scammer, “I’m a messy bitch who lives for drama.”

From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2017

As his drama-loving alter ego Joanne the Scammer, Miller has amassed a following of nearly 3 million people across Twitter and Instagram.

From Time • Jun. 26, 2017

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