B2nouninformalcrimemoney
US/skæm/
UK/skæm/
a dishonest plan to get money from people by tricking them
In context
That message saying you've won a phone is a scam, just delete it.
My aunt lost a lot of money in an online scam.
Paying fifty dollars for a bottle of water is a total scam.
Words that go with scam
adjective + noun
- online scamOld people are often targets of online scams.
- total scamThat diet pill is a total scam.
verb + preposition
- fall for a scamDon't fall for a scam like that.
noun + noun
- phone scamThere's a new phone scam going around.
- scam artistThe scam artist pretended to be a bank officer.