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Key Words fat finger dialing 粗手指拨号 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. 指这样一种电话欺诈行为:一家公司设置一个收费电话号码,该号码与一个广受用户欢迎的号码仅有一个数字不相同。这样一来,在用户不小心把正确的号码拨错时,该公司便赚到了钱。 But state and federal regulators say Homrich and his son Eugene are two of the latest consumers to fall prey to a trick known as “fat finger dialing.” It works like this: A caller dials a number like 1-800-COLLECT to make a collect call but misspells the word or hits an incorrect button. He accidentally dials something like 1-800-COILECT. The call is connected — but not by the company the caller planned to use, which in Homrich's case was MCI. Instead, the call is carried by a company that secures 800 numbers similar to those advertised but charges much higher rates. ——“Wrong number,”Albuquerque Journal, September 18, 2003 但是,州和联邦的管理人员说,霍姆里奇和他的儿子尤金是是最近受一种叫做“粗手指拨号”骗术之害的用户中的两个人。 这种骗术的过程是:打电话者拨了如1-800-COLLECT的号,以便打一个受话方付费的电话,但是却把这个词拼错了或按的某一个钮不正确。他不小心拨了如1-800-COILECT这样的号码。 电话通了,但却不是由打电话者打算使用的那家公司——就霍姆里奇的事例说是MCI公司——接通的,而是由一家获得了800个与广告上登的号码类似的号码的公司承接的,其收费标准要高得多。 ——《拨错号码》(美国《阿尔伯克基日报》2003年9月18日) 声明:《国际先驱导报》授权新浪网独家报道,未经许可,请勿转载。 | |