Sentence examples for scam over from inspiring English sources

Pilgrim was one of many women Blair defrauded in an online dating scam, over which he was eventually charged with grand larceny.

It has issued a series of explosive investigative reports, the most devastating of which came in late 2010, detailing a multi-billion-dollar scam over licences for 2G mobile-phone networks.

There are the later works, such as Boston Marriage (2001), a mock-Jamesian comedy about lesbians in a scam over an emerald necklace – which has the air of the public settling of a private bet, with Mamet chomping on a cigar and thundering: "Who says I can't do women?

But in the end, it all comes back to Irving and Sydney... and their Golden Rule... "The crazy thing about people is, the more you say no, the more they want in on it". 4 popped kernels (Scale: 0-4) In order to avoid prison, a couple of scam artists have to work for the FBI to put a scam over on corrupt politicians.

They have viewed CDMA as an insidious American scam put over in the U.S. by pseudoscientific hype from Qualcomm.

A pretty shitty business practice to begin with, Pilot's scam crossed over into outright racism when it became known that employees were specifically targeting Hispanics.

But few of their speakers imagine that any local (and in his tweed jacket, corduroys, brogues and Barbour jacket, your correspondent could hardly look more English) will understand what they are saying.At a bus stop, a Russian chats animatedly into a mobile phone about a scam involving over-invoicing.

CORRUPTION is dreadful in India, as shown by a current "season of scams"—over mobile-phone licences, the Commonwealth games and more.

The Federal Trade Commission and four other government agencies, in collaboration with consumer groups, have taken action against 251 online scams over the last year.

But there is no doubt the accountancy profession warrants a close look and in some cases a firm hand.After all, auditors have missed some remarkable scams over the past few years.

In films like "Blonde Crazy" (1931) and "Hard to Handle" (1933), James Cagney plays the con man as an inelegant hustler, joyfully putting his blatant scams over on the teeming suckers of New York City.