scamdemics

Noun

scamdemic (plural scamdemics)

1. (derogatory, informal, neologism) A period of time where the idea of an ongoing pandemic is used to defraud the general public.
   • A similar protest in San Francisco drew about 40 people across the back entrance to City Hall, waving American flags and holding signs, saying things like “Scamdemic!” and “Newsom is a Dictator!”2020 May 1, Alexei Koseff, Trisha Thadani, “CHP arrests protesters in Sacramento who defy shelter-in-place order to demand California reopen”, in San Francisco Chronicle
2. (informal, neologism) A reference to the influx of scam cases worldwide.
   • Many factors have contributed to the global scamdemic, which stands for the influx of online scams during the pandemic on a scale never seen before: a multitude of fraud schemes and their modifications, the automation of most attack stages, the targeting of specific companies and industries, the...2021 June 11, “Global Scamdemic: Scams Become Number One Online Crime”, in Cyber Security Asean, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2021