(1) A hustle, racket or swindle. See
scam call,
scambaiter,
phishing,
ransomware,
elder fraud,
laptop farm and
malware.
(2) (SCAM) (
SCSI
Configured
Auto
Matically) A subset of Plug and Play that allowed SCSI IDs to be changed by software rather than by flipping switches or changing jumpers. Both the SCSI host adapter and peripheral must support SCAM. See
SCSI.