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scam

[skam] / skæm /


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Avoid using a resell or alternative ticketing site that you’re unfamiliar with as it could be a scam.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Even a billionaire is prepared to take Meta to trial over its hosting of advertisements that scam people out of money.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

At the end of April several Albanian scam centres were dismantled, including the one Jon worked in, following an investigation by police in the southwestern French city of Pau.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

She has seen online recruitment postings for scam jobs and says some workers are themselves trapped in exploitative conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Your aunt Chana lent me another two hundred dollars; I burned it all on a scam bartending school.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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