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Old September 20th, 2005
ukbobboy01 ukbobboy01 is offline
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Default How many more are going to be ripped off?

Well Peter

You started off by saying:
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can anyone tell me what the problem is i signed up with limewire last night
The problem is that you DID NOT sign up with Limewire (here is their URL: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml), while you went to a scam site.

However, you must now realise that you made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up throwing (or giving) your money away to a scammer.

Breaking down what you paid for:
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Membership type:Lifetime Full & Unlimited Access for a total of 28.95 ? EUR
A non-existent club. You don't need anyone's permission or require access rights to use a P2P network, all your need is Limewire or some other P2P software.
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Movie Codec Pack for a total of 14.95 ? EUR
Media codecs are freely available, e.g. Nimo codec.
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NetSpyProtector Option - Protect yourself from malware for a total of 9.88 ? EUR
Probably a bogus anti spyware app, there are free and well respected anti spyware apps available, i.e. Spybot, Ad-Aware and MS AntiSpyware.

So what do you do now, you don't have to "grin and bear it". As most credit card companies have an anti-fraud scheme, you must contact you CC and tell them you are a victim of fraud, carried out by a scam site set up for the purpose of parting internet novices from their money. If your CC is any good they will give you your money back.

Finally, I would suggest that you change your credit card account number so that you don't end up paying monthly membership fees for your non-existent club or for fictitious purchases, like more bogus software.




UK Bob

Last edited by ukbobboy01; September 20th, 2005 at 11:09 AM.
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