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    Cheap software sites

    Every now and again we'll get a member posting about a site that sells cheap software. And a good job they do ask too, as many of us are able to spot the dodgy sites with ease.

    These sites will often have a similar format, usually selling software for between $50 and $100, regardless of the normal retail price, usually saying that you're saving many hundreds or thousands of dollars, and making claims that you save so much because it is OEM software. In fact many of the titles advertised are not even available as OEM versions. These sites could be doing two things, they could be selling pirated copies of software, or they could be operating a scam where they'll just rip off your credit card. Remember, many of these sites are located in countries that are effectively beyond the reach of the law - if you give your credit card details and they go on a spending spree, what are you going to do about it? And even if you do get a pirate version of the software, it will be unsupported, and probably be impossible to get any updates for. The same few pirated product ID' s are used for every copy, it doesn't take long for the software companies concerned to get wise. And there's also the possibility that the CD has a few unwelcome guests lurking on it - there is big money in Trojans and Spambots these days.

    It's worth remembering the old adage "if it seems too good to be true, then it is".

    Here are a couple of screenshots of typical pirate software / scam sites, so you'll all know what to look for:
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