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# scammer

«scammer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who tricks people to steal their money or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a scammer, scammers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A scammer is a person who tricks people to steal their money or personal details. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scammer/#m1)

2) Scammers often use fake messages, phone calls, websites or prizes that sound too good to be true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scammer/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In online safety lessons a scammer is someone you must not trust or reply to; warning signs are hurry, secrecy, prizes and requests for passwords or money. Phrases: «fall for a scammer», «report a scammer», «a phone scammer», «online scammers».

### examples

- The scammer pretended to be from the bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scammer/#x1)
- A scammer sent a message saying I had won a phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scammer/#x2)
- Never give your password to anyone, because they could be a scammer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scammer/#x3)
- Grandpa almost paid a scammer, but he checked with us first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scammer/#x4)
- Scammers often try to make you hurry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scammer/#x5)
- We reported the scammer to the website. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scammer/#x6)
- If it sounds too good to be true, it may be a scammer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scammer/#x7)

### note

Countable. From «scam» (a trick to cheat people) + -er; double m. Also called a con artist or fraudster. Scammers can seem friendly and use real company names and logos; always check with a trusted adult before clicking, paying or sharing.

### In the corpora

- [Hard times are also when scammers strike, with messages that look urgent and real.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/4/)
- [Anyone offering free game coins for your login is a scammer trying to steal the account or a parent's card details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/19/)
- [It was reported that scammers use AI to copy voices from short clips found online.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/12/)
- [Scammers have learned to use AI as well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/3/)
- [AI helps scammers write perfect emails, so good spelling is no longer proof a message is real.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scammer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scammer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.