scam

Example Sentences

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet told AFP in February that scam centres were destroying his country's economy and giving the nation a bad name, vowing to "clean this out".

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

EU prosecutors first detailed the scam last May, accusing subsidy beneficiaries of making claims for land that they did not own and exaggerating the number of animals on farms.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Operations targeting Indians are often staffed by Indian nationals who themselves were lured into working in the scam compounds, said Mohanty, the Karnataka state police official.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The scam was reported to Report Fraud and Santander - but they were told it was unlikely their money would be recovered.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

That night, when I went to bed, I was no longer worried about eighth-grade love triangles or whether it was possible that Clearasil was just an elaborate scam that gave insecure teens false hope.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi