scams

scam (sk

m) Slang

A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.

tr.v. scammed, scam·ming, scams

To defraud; swindle.

[Origin unknown.]

scammer n.

scam [skæm] Slang

a stratagem for gain; a swindle

vb scams, scamming, scammed

(tr) to swindle (someone) by means of a trick

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Noun	1.	scam - a fraudulent business scheme cozenage swindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
Verb	1.	scam - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, swindle, short-change, victimize short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

scam

noun (Slang) swindle, fiddle, racket, stratagem, diddle The duo set up a scam to settle their respective debts.

Translations

scam [skæm] N → estafa f, timo m

scam [ˈskæm] n → arnaque f

scam

n (inf: = deception) → Betrug m, → Beschiss m (inf)

scam [skæm] n (fam) → truffa

scam → خِدَاع podfuk svindel Betrug κομπίνα chanchullo huijaus escroquerie prevara imbroglio 詐欺 사기 zwendel bedrageri oszustwo fraude мошенничество svindel เล่ห์อุบาย dolandırıcılık hành động lừa đảo 诡计

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bunco
cheat
con
cozenage
defraud
diddle
gip
goldbrick
gyp
hornswoggle
mulct
rip-off
Scamble
Scambler
Scamblingly
Scamell
scammer
scammony
scamper

Basically this was a scam that worked similar to how pyramid scams work in that there was a list of individuals with addresses and these people were to each send one dollar to the people on the list and the idea was that as it was forwarded there were a number of different things that would be sent on and in the end everyone would make money fast.

The Make Money Fast Chain Letter by Brock Hamilton / Finance and Investment community

Residents are being urged not to throw away the letters they receive from Nigerian banks, foreign lottery offers or so-called free offers, but give them to the council instead, as part of a year-long project to investigate the nature of the scams.

Council fights the scammers by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Learning how to avoid phishing/spoofing scams is one of the major concerns of Net users.

Lionheart Assurance Scam Prevention Toolkit How to Avoid Phishing and ... by Lionheart Assurance Solutions / Computers and office automation community

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