scam
/skæm/noun
उच्चारण स्कैम
घोटाला, धोखाधड़ी
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[T] ~ sb (out of sth) informal
to cheat somebody out of money
ठगना
- He was scammed out of his savings.
- Fraudsters scammed many elderly people out of their pensions.
- Fake callers scammed him out of a lakh of rupees.
+ 2 more examples
- They were scammed by a man posing as a bank officer.
- Don't be scammed by offers that seem too good to be true.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
scam + noun
Scam often comes before another noun to name the kind of trick, such as a phone scam or an investment scam.
'Scam' अक्सर दूसरे noun से पहले आकर धोखे का प्रकार बताता है, जैसे phone scam या investment scam।
- Radhika's uncle lost money in an online investment scam.
- The bank warned customers about a new phone scam.
fall for a scam
Use fall for, not fall in, when someone is tricked by a scam.
जब कोई धोखे में फँस जाए, तब 'fall for' आता है, 'fall in' नहीं।
- Many elderly people fall for such scams.
scam sb out of sth
As a verb, scam takes the victim as the object and out of before the thing taken.
Verb के रूप में 'scam' का object पीड़ित व्यक्ति होता है और ली गई चीज़ से पहले 'out of' आता है।
- The caller scammed an old man out of his savings.
- She was scammed out of ten thousand rupees.
a scam to + verb / a scam involving sth
Use a to-infinitive for the purpose of the scam and involving for the thing it uses.
धोखे का उद्देश्य बताने के लिए to-infinitive और उसमें प्रयुक्त चीज़ के लिए 'involving' आता है।
- It was a scam to get people's bank details.
- Police are investigating a scam involving fake job offers.
+Collocations 4
adjective + scam
onlineelaboratemassivecommonphone
- The police uncovered a massive online scam.
verb + scam
rununcoverexposefall forreport
- The reporter exposed a scam in the ration shops.
scam + noun
callemailartistalertvictim
- Never share your OTP on a scam call.
type of scam
insurancelotteryjobtaxcharity
- A lottery scam promised him a crore of rupees.
“More examples 5
- Radhika received a message about a prize, but she knew it was a scam.
राधिका को एक पुरस्कार का संदेश मिला, पर वह जानती थी कि यह धोखा है।
- The scam cost hundreds of families their life savings.
इस घोटाले ने सैकड़ों परिवारों की जीवन भर की बचत छीन ली।
- Be careful of scammers who pretend to call from your bank.
बैंक की ओर से फ़ोन करने का दिखावा करने वाले ठगों से सावधान रहें।
- The fake job website was soon found to be a scam.
वह फ़र्ज़ी नौकरी वेबसाइट जल्दी ही धोखा निकली।
- He was arrested for running a job scam in three cities.
उसे तीन शहरों में नौकरी के नाम पर ठगी चलाने के आरोप में गिरफ़्तार किया गया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He fell in the trap of an online scam.
✓ He fell for an online scam.
To be tricked by something, use fall for; fall in is used for fall in love or fall in a hole.
किसी धोखे में फँसने के लिए 'fall for' आता है; 'fall in' प्रेम या गड्ढे में गिरने के लिए है।
✗ The caller scammed him his savings.
✓ The caller scammed him out of his savings.
Scam needs out of before the thing that was taken.
जो चीज़ छीनी गई, उससे पहले 'scam' के साथ 'out of' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These nouns all describe dishonest actions, but on a different scale.
ये सभी nouns बेईमानी के काम बताते हैं, पर उनका पैमाना अलग है।
A clever dishonest plan to get money, usually from many people.
प्रायः कई लोगों से पैसा हड़पने की चालाक बेईमान योजना।
- The online scam cheated thousands.
The broader and more formal word for crime by deception.
धोखे से किए गए अपराध के लिए अधिक व्यापक और औपचारिक शब्द।
- He was jailed for bank fraud.
A plan to cheat someone out of money, often a one-to-one trick.
किसी से पैसा ठगने की योजना, प्रायः एक-एक व्यक्ति के साथ चाल।
- He was a victim of a property swindle.
◇Word family
?Which word?
Keep the fraud words together: scam (a dishonest plan for money), fraud (deception for money; the crime), swindle (cheat out of money), racket (an illegal business: 'an extortion racket'), hoax (a trick to make people believe something false), Ponzi scheme (paying old investors with new investors' money).
धोखाधड़ी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: scam (पैसे के लिए बेईमान योजना), fraud (पैसे के लिए धोखा; अपराध), swindle (पैसे ठगना), racket (अवैध धंधा: 'an extortion racket'), hoax (झूठी बात मनवाने की चाल), Ponzi scheme (नए निवेशकों के पैसे से पुराने को भुगतान)।
§Grammar and usage
Safety tip: never share OTPs; banks never ask for them.
सुरक्षा युक्ति: कभी OTP साझा न करें; बैंक कभी नहीं माँगते।