Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 45 compound words that contain scam. The most common are listed below. Open scam in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- Nigerian scamAn attempt to defraud by sending out large numbers of emails, each stating that the recipient is entitled to receive a large amount of money, but will need to supply banking account details, or to send payment for fees, before the payment …
- exit scamA confidence trick where an established (usually illegal) business stops shipping orders while continuing to receive payments because of its previously good reputation, and then absconds with the money.
- romance scamA confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim in order to commit fraud.
- love scamA consumer fraud that involves criminals attempting to make victims fall in love with or marry them, and tricking them into paying them money.
- scam artistA person who attempts to defraud others by presenting a fraudulent offer and pretending that it is legitimate; a con artist.
- advance fee scamA consumer fraud that involves obtaining a relatively small amount of money from the victim in advance of some large deferred benefit, such as a job, a high rate of return, or a share of embezzled money.
- Nigerian prince scamA scam in which the solicitor offers large sums of money in return for a smaller up front investment.
- Ponzi scamSynonym of Ponzi scheme: A fraudulent scheme where earlier investors are paid with the money taken from new investors, giving the impression that the scheme is a viable investment.
- Uncle ScamUncle Sam.
- scam artistsplural of scam artist: A person who attempts to defraud others by presenting a fraudulent offer and pretending that it is legitimate; a con artist.
- Macau scamA scam where criminals impersonate a legal authority, a lottery, a kidnapper demanding a ransom, or a bank authority, to trick people into paying them money.
- safe account scamA type of scam in which the scammer remotely tricks the mark into transferring funds to a "safe account" using some pretense, such as the funds being at risk of imminently being stolen. The "safe account" is in reality controlled by the …
- scam artistryThe act or practice of a scam artist.
- what's the scamWhat's going on? What are you trying to pull? (Said when one is suspicious of someone else).
Compound words 45
- scamdemicA period of time where the idea of an ongoing pandemic is used to defraud the general public.
- scambaitingThe practice of posing as a potential victim of a scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources.
- scambotA bot that promotes a scam.
- scammeeOne who has been scammed.
- scammyOf or relating to a scam; fraudulent.
- scamsterOne who scams.
- antiscamActing against scams.
- cyberscamA scam carried out by means of computers or the Internet.
- outscamTo surpass in scamming.
- ScamazonAmazon.com Inc.