Re: websites offering upto 80% OFF WINDOWS PRODUCTS

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From: Timax45 (noanswer_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:49:28 -0000

Thx guys, I should have known that it was too good to be true Sigh!
"Bruce Chambers" <bruce_a_chambers@h0tmail.com> wrote in message
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> Timax45 wrote:
>> I keep getting e mails from a company offering upyo 80% off windows xp
>> products $49.99 for xp Pro Longhorn Edition surely this cannot be Kosher
>
>
> Actually, if you were to clicked the links provided and then read
> the site's self-contradictory,broken English "FAQ," you'd probably
> have known it was a scam. Full OEM CDs that are full retail versions
> that are legal as backup media? Shipped from eastern Europe? All CDs
> shipped with the serial number included in a text file? Definitely
> not legitimate CDs.
>
> Those people who have reported back here after making purchases
> from several of such web sites have indicated that what they actually
> received was a copy of the widely-known-to-be-pirated Volume Licensed
> version of WinXP Pro. They couldn't even install SP1 without being
> informed that the had an invalid Product Key. And then there were the
> mysterious charges that started appearing on some of their credit
> cards....
>
>
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