Definitions
a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
Word origin
From scam + -er.
Used in a sentence
“According to Netsafe, scammers send out a bunch of emails, hoping to snag a few gullible people, but simply deleting the offending email won’t do anything to impede the con.”
“TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Fraudulent schemer”7 letters
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