n. A scam in which a person or small business accepts an offer for a free website, only to be subsequently charged a monthly fee on their phone bill.
2000
The FTC said that in a web cramming case, one defendant, not immediately identified, will return more than $3 million to consumers.
1999
Holbrook may have been a victim of a new scam called "Web cramming" that has aggravated small business owners across North Carolina in recent months.
1999 (earliest)
The N.C. Attorney General's Office … is planning to crack down on Web cramming, a new scam that has hit small business owners statewide in recent months.
In February, 19 of 25 cramming complaints that reached the attorney general's consumer complaints division were from companies that claimed they were charged for Web sites they didn't order or for Web sites they had canceled after a one-month free trial, data from the division show.
In February, 19 of 25 cramming complaints that reached the attorney general's consumer complaints division were from companies that claimed they were charged for Web sites they didn't order or for Web sites they had canceled after a one-month free trial, data from the division show.