Memory shaving

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Memory shaving is the act of secretly removing RAM chips from office computers and selling them. It is called shaving because enough memory is left so that the computers can start, delaying the discovery of the theft.

As computer use increases, the potential for this scam also increases. According to the Engineering and Safety Service of the American Insurance Service Group (now part of Insurance Services Office^[1]), losses totaled $8 billion in 1997. ^[2]

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1. ^ AMERICAN INSURANCE SERVICES GROUP BECOMES PART OF ISO
2. ^ Pfaffenberger, Bryan (2002). Computers in Your Future. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0130898155.  Pages 503-505, Chapter 9