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/ˈskæmə/ · noun
(slang) A person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter..
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.
Use scammer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scammer means (slang) A person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter..
Common synonyms include fraudster.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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