Scam (Noun)
Meaning
A fraudulent business scheme.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The company was shut down after it was discovered to be a scam, cheating investors out of millions of dollars.
- He lost his life savings to a scam that promised unusually high returns on investment.
- The scam involved selling fake products online and then disappearing with the customers' money.
- The authorities warned the public about a new scam that targeted elderly people with fake lottery winnings.
- The scam artist was arrested and charged with running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of people.