Scammer (Noun)
Meaning
A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The scammer convinced me to send him my bank account information, and now I'm out of thousands of dollars.
- The phone company warned its customers about a scammer who was calling people and claiming to be from their billing department.
- After losing money to a scammer, Rachel became much more cautious when making online purchases.
- The scammer used a fake email address that looked almost identical to the real one used by the company, which is how he was able to trick so many people.
- The authorities eventually caught the scammer who had been running a pyramid scheme in the city for months.
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Hyponyms
- Clip Artist
- Con Artist
- Sharpy
- Sharper
- Card Sharp
- Con Man
- Confidence Man
- Card Shark
- Cardsharper
- Card Sharper
- Welsher
- Cardsharp
- Welcher