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Public health agencies, for instance, are already using Nextdoor to announce their vaccine distribution plans, including keeping locals up to date on vaccine distribution, connecting locals with experts, and warning about potential vaccine scams.

From Vox

A supply of email accounts with strong reputations from which to send scam mails—check.

That same year, Vice uncovered a nationwide bait-and-switch scam in which hosts gouged guests for higher prices.

From Vox

I found two roommates and a cheap, spacious apartment, but the apartment turned out to be a scam.

This is especially the case given past controversies involving crowdfunded investment opportunities, which in some cases have proved to be outright scams.

From Fortune

This return scam involved purchasing broken electronics off the auction site and then buying new items off store shelves.

But the procedure, unlike scam solutions marketed online—miracle tonics, pricey at-home laser therapy combs—absolutely works.

Earning ownership had come to feel like a scam—even when it came to the things that we felt made life worth living.

The Wounded Warrior Project is certainly not a scam, nor an ill-meaning charity.

Clients who are wary of online transactions are liable to see escorts with print ads as less likely to cheat or scam  them.

They let the victims profit in the first round or two of the scam.

(a) A jar not properly vulcanized may come apart at the scam.

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On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scam, such as: blackmail, deceit, deception, extortion, fraud, and hoax.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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