Example Sentences

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When a phone call from an unidentified number turned up on Carribean Fragoza’s cell, she immediately assumed it was a spammer and didn’t pick up.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2023

Once a number or email address spreads into more spammer databases, it can be bought and sold by the companies involved in the booming scam industry.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2022

This is another common spammer tactic, sometimes used in coordination with hidden subscriber counts.

From The Verge • Jun. 30, 2022

“If I was a spammer I would register every checkmark Twitter handle to sell or spam later.”

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2020

These addresses can be people who have offended or annoyed the poster, or who are included so that a spammer will spam an official, thereby causing himself trouble.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.