English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
fat finger dialing — n. A telephone scam in which a company sets up a toll number that is one digit different than a popular number, so that the company earns money when customers accidentally mis dial the legitimate number; mis dialing a phone number in this manner … New words
fat finger trade — n. An erroneous or inadvertent trade, particularly one that has significant market consequences, caused by a typo. Also: fat finger, fat finger trade, fat fingers trade. Example Citations: A trader at RBS has admitted to making a fat finger trade … New words
fat-finger problem — n. The tendency to make errors on a device where the keys or screen elements are too small. Also: fat fingers problem, fat finger problem. Example Citations: Sizable erase and undo buttons at the bottom of the screen let you fix mistakes easily.… … New words
Telephones — attack fax black fax blast fax boiler room call laundering cold transfer compunications cramming … New words
Crime — 419 scam acoustic terrorism Adlai Stevenson moment aftercrimes age fraud Apple picking appraisal mill a … New words
Web cramming — n. A scam in which a person or small business accepts an offer for a free Web site, only to be subsequently charged a monthly fee on their phone bill. Example Citation: The N.C. Attorney General s Office ... is planning to crack down on Web… … New words
cramming — n. The practice of adding an unexpected fee onto a person s phone bill Example Citation: Call it cramming, whamming or super slamming. Call it what you will, but Lorraine Parker calls it a ripoff. Parker was shocked recently to find charges… … New words
crimeware — n. Software that facilitates identity theft, phishing, or similar criminal activity. Example Citations: Norton Confidential, due to be released in October takes traditional anti virus and firewall software a step further, aiming to put itself… … New words
grandparent scam — n. A fraud in which a scammer calls an elderly person, pretends to be a grandson or granddaughter, and asks for money. Also: grandparents scam. Example Citations: Nicknamed the emergency scam or grandparent scam, the fraud involves crooks phoning … New words
password trap — n. A program or Web site that uses a legitimate looking interface to fool users into providing their passwords. Example Citation: According to David, Phishing scams are different than benign spam schemes that try to sell the user something or get … New words
