Words similar to scam

Example sentences for: scam

How can you use “scam” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The online virgins scam has unraveled.
So, too, when halfway through a report on cases of fraud, a local Consumer Affairs reporter for NBC News, Ursula Lipari, said, This was obviously a sham, some listeners knew that scam was the word she should have used.
Eleven involved retail sales (dental care, computers, divorce lawyers, online auctions); four announced some sort of performance; one was an ancient chain letter scam.
Defenders pointed out that Carey hadn't murdered anybody (unlike past Teamsters bosses), and rationalized his scam as a "desperate" response to the threat posed by his more corrupt opponent, James P. Hoffa.
Set in Cuba during the Spanish-American war, the novel is part Western (the main character, Ben Tyler, is an Arizona cowboy) and part noir (he's in on an arms-smuggling scam gone bad).