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 →

2) Scammers often use fake messages, phone calls, websites or prizes that sound too good to be true. tree →

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 →
• A scammer sent a message saying I had won a phone. tree →
• Never give your password to anyone, because they could be a scammer. tree →
• Grandpa almost paid a scammer, but he checked with us first. tree →
• Scammers often try to make you hurry. tree →
• We reported the scammer to the website. tree →
• If it sounds too good to be true, it may be a scammer. tree →

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.
• Anyone offering free game coins for your login is a scammer trying to steal the account or a parent's card details.
• It was reported that scammers use AI to copy voices from short clips found online.
• Scammers have learned to use AI as well.
• AI helps scammers write perfect emails, so good spelling is no longer proof a message is real.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scammer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.