Thesaurus results for SCAMMERS

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 But the problem is, a growing number of scammers are out there posing as a nonprofit or charity and asking for money. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026 There still will be scammers, extortionists, extremists and others who try to take advantage of teens and adults. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 That confusion can create an opening for scammers, says Carolina Rodriguez, director of New York's Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program (EDCAP). — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 On May 15, the EKL learned that scammers, acting through their chief accountant, defrauded their Swedbank and SEB bank accounts of nearly $800,000 in government subsidies via an elaborate scheme disguised as salary payments. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Online booking sites can be risky, especially since scammers can pay for their fake websites to move to the top of search engine results pages. — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Unfortunately, payment scams aren’t the only ways scammers might try to get your personal details. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2026 Unfortunately, scammers have learned how to turn those codes against us. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Some scammers use the names of real employees or manipulate the caller ID to make the call seem legitimate. — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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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

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The practice of cutting fins off live sharks and throwing the carcasses back into the sea is banned in much of the Pacific Ocean, but persists due to demand in East and Southeast Asia.

— CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
DeRisi told me how, a few years ago, there was a large die-off of leopard sharks in the San Francisco Bay.

— Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 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

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