scam

/skˈæm/

/ˈskæm/

Scam

a dishonest or illegal way of gaining money

synonyms : cozenage

to scam

MAIN VERB

to get money from people by using dishonest or illegal methods

synonyms : bunco

Examples

1. It turns out the online college was a total scam.

2. My grandfather keeps falling for online scams and giving away his personal information.

3. He invested all his savings in a scam and was taken to the cleaners.

4. the email purports to be from a bank, but it's actually a phishing scam.