How do you use Scamming in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Scamming meaning
present participle and gerund of scam
Using Scamming
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of scam
- In the example corpus, scamming often appears in combinations such as: scamming people, and scamming, of scamming.
Context around Scamming
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scamming
- In this selection, "scamming" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, institutions, keep, women, people, company and seniors stand out and add context to how "scamming" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused of scamming women and and women scamming your bank. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scamming" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scamming
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Perhaps, in return, they are allowed to keep scamming the gullible. (11 words)
And I found out, oh, there's these people scamming for tests. (12 words)
Phalatse accused Gwamanda of violating financial laws and scamming members of the public. (13 words)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is calling on the public to be more vigilant as there has been a rise in reports regarding entities that pose as legitimate and reputable financial institutions scamming people of their hard-earned money. (40 words)
It can be confusing to figure out who is scamming who until suddenly we're all in Romania, and Penelope has blown up part of a museum, stolen a rare book, and talked her way out of arrest. (38 words)
David received warnings from friends that Lana was scamming him, but they had every reason to think so since Lana had stood him up several times when David attempted to meet her in person in Ukraine. (36 words)
Were they drug dealers or con men (and women) scamming your bank account? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Larimer County man facing felony charges for scamming at least 15 people out of more than $850,000 in a housing development scheme will continue his motions hearing Wednesday morning.
In two weeks he’ll be back to scamming seniors out of their Social Security checks like he’s probably been doing all along.
It can be confusing to figure out who is scamming who until suddenly we're all in Romania, and Penelope has blown up part of a museum, stolen a rare book, and talked her way out of arrest.
Telemarketing and scamming calls have been on the rise in countries like India, where users gets about 17 spam calls per month on average, according to a 2021 report by Truecaller.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is calling on the public to be more vigilant as there has been a rise in reports regarding entities that pose as legitimate and reputable financial institutions scamming people of their hard-earned money.
He arrived to learn that his friend had set him up with a scamming company but reluctantly accepted.
It added that 7,200 Facebook accounts, pages, and groups dedicated to providing tips on scamming people were also removed.
Not to mention that this is a full-blown scandal and anyone involved in scamming the American people should be held to account.
Perhaps, in return, they are allowed to keep scamming the gullible.
Phalatse accused Gwamanda of violating financial laws and scamming members of the public.
Seeing them try different money-making schemes like scamming people with an arm wrestling booth, or Gon getting involved in underground fighting, makes for some delightfully ridiculous moments.
She had just lost her job, was barely surviving on her meager savings, and spent the last of a sketchy loan she took out on a 'boyfriend' who turned out to be scamming her.
Snark pages posit that marriages are only business arrangements, allege child cruelty, and suggest that online influencers are scamming people deliberately.
The scamming company might pay $100 for someone’s information if they had only registered their details, but were yet to invest any money in a fraud scheme.
Three men have been cleared of scamming pensioners - including Kintbury residents - out of thousands of pounds.
Were they drug dealers or con men (and women) scamming your bank account?
A fantasist conman who has spent two decades adopting 20 different aliases scamming victims out of hundreds of thousands of pounds is back in prison.
And I found out, oh, there's these people scamming for tests.
David received warnings from friends that Lana was scamming him, but they had every reason to think so since Lana had stood him up several times when David attempted to meet her in person in Ukraine.
Ezuruonye says he is surprised that Afolayan would share a post where he was accused of scamming women.
Common combinations with scamming
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- scamming people 8×
- and scamming 4×
- of scamming 4×
- for scamming 3×
- scamming the 3×
- scamming company 2×
- on scamming 2×
- scamming victims 2×
- scamming and 2×