noun
- the act or practice of deceiving people to obtain money or valuables fraudulently
Usage: informal
verb
- present participle of scam; deceiving someone in order to get money or something valuable from them
Usage: informal
Examples
- He was scamming elderly people out of their life savings.
- The company was caught scamming customers with fake products.
- Online scamming has become increasingly sophisticated.
- She reported the scamming attempt to the authorities.
- They’re scamming people by pretending to be tech support.
- The scamming operation involved multiple fake websites.
- Police warned residents about phone scamming in the area.