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Definition of scam in English: scamnounPlural scams skamskæm informal A dishonest scheme; a fraud. 〈非正式〉诡计，阴谋；骗局 骗保。 Example sentencesExamples - Many companies are plagued by urban legends, scams, and hoaxes delivered by e-mail.
- Then (of course) there are all the scams and frauds being perpetrated through the Net.
- Find out why the Feds are out to bust an insurance scam where the doctor pays the patient.
- One need look no further than the daily newspaper to see that securities fraud is the scam du jour.
- Why can't they just content themselves with diet scams and insurance fraud?
- It will clearly show what many people have known for years - these investment scams are a massive fraud.
- This will focus on mitigating the risk of fraud, hacking, identity theft, scams and schemes.
- This does not mean expensive avoidance schemes or illegal evasion scams, or even disappearing from the face of the earth.
- The scam tries to trick customers into giving away confidential bank details.
- The combination of the two are highly effective at detecting scams, schemes and illicit practices.
- He first forged signatures to get hold of his inheritance, then involved his wife's family in complex life insurance scams.
- If there is an illegal immigrant scam or a marriage scam, then the department must be involved.
- Everything zips along at a brisk and comedic pace for the first half hour, with an elaborate scam to rip off a load of smuggled goods being set up.
- Restaurants, in particular, have been hit by skimming scams, especially overseas.
- However these rules will not stop you from being scammed as a scam is more psychological than anything else.
- Whoever is behind the scam is a fraud and is attempting to collect personal information.
- Whatever scams Jimmy has contributed to in the past have not caused so many to lose so much.
- The thieves run scams in two ways: outright identity theft and impersonation fraud.
- From internet identity fraud to mobile phone scams, it seems there are now a myriad of ways in which crooks can strike against the unwary.
- I wonder how many hoaxes and scams are happening in that part of the world as we speak?
Synonyms fraud, swindle, fraudulent scheme, racket, trick, diddle informal con, con trick, flimflam, gyp, kite British informal ramp, twist North American informal hustle, grift, shakedown, bunco, boondoggle Australian informal rort
verbscammed, scamming, scams skamskæm [with object]Swindle. 诈骗；骗取 a guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings 骗取领养老金老人存款的家伙。 Example sentencesExamples - Proof that he is intending on scamming people out of money is what the Gardai need.
- I won't be on any particular side; I'll just be out in the world scamming people for my own benefit.
- The bad news is they were scamming us; the good news is they've stopped.
- They're basically just scamming people with this fictional concert.
- White is also accused of stealing £10,000 worth of funds from an after-school club and a further £2,000 for allegedly scamming money from a charity which helped send pupils on a trip to New Zealand.
- It seems the scammers are trying to get increasingly clever, and it's an interesting social engineering trick to try to get people to let down their guard by first warning them about a scam - and then scamming them anyway.
- I'd read in a book once of people who were less intimidated by bankers who wore regular clothes and made house calls, even though they were scamming their clients.
- He's only scamming innocent shopkeepers to make enough money to pay off his father's debts.
- She suspects that he may be scamming her to gain Canadian residency.
- And now investigators have to figure out whose claims are legit and who is scamming the system.
- He tries to buy one on the street, but his naïvete and lack of street sense only see him get scammed by con artists.
- Is your head saleswoman scamming you out of millions?
- Everybody thinks they know somebody who's scamming welfare because they can't see a wheelchair.
- Talia's an abusive foster mother, scamming the system, that's what she has to do to get by.
- In fact, you would think that when more people came out to accuse you of scamming them after the plea bargain was set would make you shut up and take the punishment before things got worse.
- I would say that I genuinely hope St. John Vianney had one of their students do the site rather than getting scammed by a web designer, until I realized that if one of their students had done it they would have to list them as an alumnus.
- ‘I wanted him to stop so that he wouldn't keep scamming people,’ she says, although she doesn't buy or sell through online auctions herself.
- However these rules will not stop you from being scammed as a scam is more psychological than anything else.
- This blog entry discusses getting a phishing scam e-mail, and then some further logistics behind what might stop these from happening (and how to avoid getting scammed yourself).
- In this particular report, however, the researchers found about 2% of people admitted to be successfully scammed, with an average loss of about $115.
Derivativesnoun ˈskaməˈskæmər informal A person who commits fraud or participates in a dishonest scheme. scammers are preying on people's good intentions Example sentencesExamples - May we humbly request your immediate and urgent attention to tell you the story of a Nigerian e-mail scammer convicted of wire fraud in Houston, Texas?
- If state laws say one thing to stop a scam, can the scammers simply move online?
- Considering the extent to which the scammers go for these scams, all this is likely to do is drive them further underground.
Origin1960s: of unknown origin. Rhymesam, Amsterdam, Assam, Bram, cam, cham, cheongsam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, exam, femme, flam, gam, glam, gram, ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, mam, mesdames, Omar Khayyám, Pam, pram, pro-am, ram, Sam, scram, sham, Siam, slam, Spam, swam, tam, tram, Vietnam, wham, yam Definition of scam in US English: scamnounskæmskam informal A dishonest scheme; a fraud. 〈非正式〉诡计，阴谋；骗局 骗保。 Example sentencesExamples - From internet identity fraud to mobile phone scams, it seems there are now a myriad of ways in which crooks can strike against the unwary.
- However these rules will not stop you from being scammed as a scam is more psychological than anything else.
- The combination of the two are highly effective at detecting scams, schemes and illicit practices.
- This will focus on mitigating the risk of fraud, hacking, identity theft, scams and schemes.
- He first forged signatures to get hold of his inheritance, then involved his wife's family in complex life insurance scams.
- One need look no further than the daily newspaper to see that securities fraud is the scam du jour.
- Find out why the Feds are out to bust an insurance scam where the doctor pays the patient.
- The scam tries to trick customers into giving away confidential bank details.
- Whoever is behind the scam is a fraud and is attempting to collect personal information.
- Many companies are plagued by urban legends, scams, and hoaxes delivered by e-mail.
- Restaurants, in particular, have been hit by skimming scams, especially overseas.
- If there is an illegal immigrant scam or a marriage scam, then the department must be involved.
- Whatever scams Jimmy has contributed to in the past have not caused so many to lose so much.
- The thieves run scams in two ways: outright identity theft and impersonation fraud.
- Why can't they just content themselves with diet scams and insurance fraud?
- Then (of course) there are all the scams and frauds being perpetrated through the Net.
- It will clearly show what many people have known for years - these investment scams are a massive fraud.
- This does not mean expensive avoidance schemes or illegal evasion scams, or even disappearing from the face of the earth.
- Everything zips along at a brisk and comedic pace for the first half hour, with an elaborate scam to rip off a load of smuggled goods being set up.
- I wonder how many hoaxes and scams are happening in that part of the world as we speak?
Synonyms fraud, swindle, fraudulent scheme, racket, trick, diddle
verbskæmskam [with object]Swindle. 诈骗；骗取 a guy that scams the elderly out of their savings 骗取领养老金老人存款的家伙。 Example sentencesExamples - The bad news is they were scamming us; the good news is they've stopped.
- White is also accused of stealing £10,000 worth of funds from an after-school club and a further £2,000 for allegedly scamming money from a charity which helped send pupils on a trip to New Zealand.
- ‘I wanted him to stop so that he wouldn't keep scamming people,’ she says, although she doesn't buy or sell through online auctions herself.
- I'd read in a book once of people who were less intimidated by bankers who wore regular clothes and made house calls, even though they were scamming their clients.
- He tries to buy one on the street, but his naïvete and lack of street sense only see him get scammed by con artists.
- It seems the scammers are trying to get increasingly clever, and it's an interesting social engineering trick to try to get people to let down their guard by first warning them about a scam - and then scamming them anyway.
- They're basically just scamming people with this fictional concert.
- She suspects that he may be scamming her to gain Canadian residency.
- He's only scamming innocent shopkeepers to make enough money to pay off his father's debts.
- Everybody thinks they know somebody who's scamming welfare because they can't see a wheelchair.
- However these rules will not stop you from being scammed as a scam is more psychological than anything else.
- Is your head saleswoman scamming you out of millions?
- In fact, you would think that when more people came out to accuse you of scamming them after the plea bargain was set would make you shut up and take the punishment before things got worse.
- Proof that he is intending on scamming people out of money is what the Gardai need.
- In this particular report, however, the researchers found about 2% of people admitted to be successfully scammed, with an average loss of about $115.
- And now investigators have to figure out whose claims are legit and who is scamming the system.
- This blog entry discusses getting a phishing scam e-mail, and then some further logistics behind what might stop these from happening (and how to avoid getting scammed yourself).
- Talia's an abusive foster mother, scamming the system, that's what she has to do to get by.
- I would say that I genuinely hope St. John Vianney had one of their students do the site rather than getting scammed by a web designer, until I realized that if one of their students had done it they would have to list them as an alumnus.
- I won't be on any particular side; I'll just be out in the world scamming people for my own benefit.
Origin1960s: of unknown origin. |