scammers

noun

plural of scammer
as in cheats
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value Internet scammers who never seem to run out of swindles

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Recent Examples of scammers The scammers allegedly instructed her multiple times to leave large amounts of money in a box and wait for a courier to pick it up, Riley said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 Last year, other security specialists detected a similar threat, from scammers who prompted LLMs to hallucinate plausible URLs for existing software packages. — David Berreby, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026 Today's fake listings can look even more convincing because scammers have access to professional property photos, video tours and AI tools. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Police warn of sophisticated scheme Chief Timothy Derringer said scammers are contacting the victims, allegedly threatening them into sending a bulk amount of money in either cash or gift cards in packages at local postal offices. — Erika Stanish, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Scientists and engineers are working to make tools that can identify fake voices to help stop scammers. — Tam Nguyen, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026 To communicate with victims and collect their money, these scammers rely on technology and financial systems that could be disrupted with better surveillance and policing. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026 Giovannoni showed that the free, open-source tool successfully tricked scammers into giving away their own private personal information, such as phone numbers, addresses, and even bank account details. — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2026 One of the warrants may have revealed some of the scammers’ faces; police dug through a suspect’s social media accounts and found a picture of three men gathered around a computer in Nigeria, according to court records. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scammers
  1. cheats
  2. dodgers
  3. sharks
  4. swindlers
Noun
  • Sometimes, the fourth-grader asks Robo-Dad for Minecraft cheats.
    — Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
  • Her most notable reporting has been about taxes, including exposing billionaire tax cheats and writing cover stories on tax shelters (corporate and individual), tax evasion, and tax policy.
    — Forbes Membership, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Definition of cheats
Noun
  • The White House is now cracking down on these tariff dodgers.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of dodgers
Noun
  • The Port of Los Angeles forklift driver was wearing a life vest and was floating away, out to sea -- cold, worried about sharks and drowning.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • However, the truth is, leagues like this and the WNBA are nothing but remoras, the fish that stick to sharks and feed off of them.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of sharks
Noun
  • The decade ended tumultuously, with the Osmond family’s fortune drained by a series of swindlers and grifters.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
  • This scam, according to Kent, could be proliferated with the use of AI, which can allow swindlers to enroll in many different college programs at once.
    — Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of swindlers

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“Scammers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scammers. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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