scammer

/ ˈskæmə /

noun

1. slang,  a person who perpetrates a scam; swindler

Example Sentences

He may have been a scammer, but we handed over our evidence to the local police to investigate further.

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Sprawling fraud factories have ballooned in war-torn Myanmar's border regions, housing scammers targeting internet users with romance and business cons worth tens of billions of dollars annually.

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Between 15 and 16 July 2020, 426 transfers were made to the scammers of various amounts from people hoping to double their money.

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Robocalls will be prevalent this season, and scammers have gotten very good at using technology to their advantage, Ramsey said.

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I think the whole thing smells like a scammer.

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Related Words

• charlatan 
• con artist 
• crook 
• hypocrite 
• impostor 
• rascal 
• rogue 
• swindler 
• trickster