Sentence examples for making a scam from inspiring English sources

I recently watched a friend dealing with someone who was making a scam phone call to her, in which the caller attempted to get her to log into her computer and allow him to take control of it, supposedly to clear some unreported virus that was meant to be affecting her.

Now there are reports of retro scams making a comeback, sometimes variations of con-tricks used during previous downturns.

If you want, make a "No Scamming" club!

Just because someone isn't "approved" doesn't make them a scam artist.

Twenty dollars a pop might not seem a lot to make such a scam worthwhile but multiply that amount by 30, and you're already seeing a healthy return on cheating writers out of their money.

Twenty dollars a pop might not seem a lot, to make such a scam worthwhile – but multiply that amount by 30 and you're already seeing a healthy return on cheating writers out of their money, and that's before any fees for selling the work on are considered.

Even ex-scammers have come out of the woodwork, with Dennis Yu from advertising agency Blitz Local admitting that he made a fortune from scamming Facebook users on behalf of social gaming clients.

The sprite makes a living by scamming people at a freak show held by dwarves.

The outspoken Lepage, who was elected on a wave of support in 2010 from the increasingly influential Tea Party, gained national notoriety when he told state leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to "kiss my butt," called climate change "a scam," and made a crude sexual remark about an opposition leader's use of Vaseline.

It also means that developers who have tried to make a quick buck with scam apps, clones and other rip-offs won't have as easy a time at being discovered thanks to the shift to curation.

For the women as well, although hundreds of them make a living from the scams, it is not an easy psychological burden to bear.