Let me end this particular part of the discussion this way:

Before I went into the advertising business about 6 years ago, I had worked for Fox for three years, for CBS Network News for 5 years, and for CBS owned and operated stations for 19 years. And in between I wrote for Barron's, New York Magazine, and worked for radio and TV stations in Miami, upstate New York, and I even had a short gig as a writer/reporter for the old United Press International (UPI). I also freelanced for the Associated Press (AP).

AT NONE OF THOSE NEWS OPERATIONS WOULD I BE ALLOWED TO CALL ANYONE A "SCAMMER" UNLESS THEY HAD BEEN CONVICTED OR HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CRIMES INVOLVING "SCAMMING" OR SWINDLED OR OPERATED A FRAUDULENT SCHEME.

And since this is my Forum, and I set the rules, the use of the words scam, scammer, scammed will not be allowed unless there has been a conviction, or arrest, or you are discussing for example, scams for identity theft, or you have been notified that you won the Nigerian lottery.