scammer

/ ˈskæmə /

noun

1. slang.
   a person who perpetrates a scam; swindler

Example Sentences

They will go in knowing next to nothing and will be staffed with cranks and scammers who know even less.

From Salon

On that fateful first day, scammers posing as officials from India’s telecom regulator called Lucknow-based Dr Tandon, claiming her number would be disconnected due to “22 complaints” of harassing messages sent from it.

From BBC

New platforms could be scammers or police stings.

From Salon

Potential scammers on LinkedIn have sent me private messages with URLs to jobs that may or may not have been real.

From Los Angeles Times

He described the scammers as "awful people who are preying on people's vulnerabilities", adding: "It doesn't stop us feeling daft, but I think it's something that's caught out hundreds of people."

From BBC

Related Words

• charlatan
• con artist
• crook
• hypocrite
• impostor
• rascal
• rogue
• swindler
• trickster