scam
Example Sentences
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The FTC’s ‘click to cancel’ rule would have wiped out a practice that allowed some businesses to scam their customers.
From Los Angeles Times
They flew to Moscow, only to learn they had been scammed.
From BBC
“Birds, whales, cost, ‘it’s a rip-off,’ ‘it’s a scam,’ ‘oil is better,’ this list goes on and on,” she said.
The emails caused concern for some users on social media, who feared it was a scam or phishing attempt designed to glean more of their details.
From BBC
People can earn a $250 referral bonus by getting others to sign on with Mercor, contributing to a flood of job postings on LinkedIn and speculation that the whole thing must be a scam.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
