Well Peter

You started off by saying: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: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.Media codecs are freely available, e.g. Nimo codec.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