scammer

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Recent Examples of scammer However, the State Department warns to be careful not to give out too much information in a public message, because identity thieves and scammers might see it and try to take advantage. Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025 The less information about you that's publicly available, the fewer raw materials scammers have to work with. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025 The woman admitted her actions were fueled in part by guilt for having been duped by the scammer in the first place. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 Well, the same features that make USDT on Tron appealing to legitimate users have attracted terrorists, drug dealers, money launderers and scammers. Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scammer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scammer
Noun
  • As faux-fur weather makes way for random pockets of sun and bursts of rain, Zendaya has pieced together the sartorial cheat code for transitional dressing.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The downside, of course, is the world now knows their cheat code.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In contrast, anonymous digital cash is a tax dodger’s dream.
    David G.W. Birch, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.
    Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Saya de Malha Bank offers safe haven to an unprecedented biodiversity of seagrass habitats for turtles and breeding grounds for sharks, humpback and blue whales.
    Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
  • This elusive shark, previously known only from fish markets, was recorded at depths of over 1,700 feet.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Scammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scammer. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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