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Mar 12, 2009 22:02 |  #1

Can anyone tell me if this is a for real deal, or a scam?

http://discountsoftwar​e.weebly.com/photoshop​.html (external link)

I am suspicious because of the CHEAP prices.

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Mar 12, 2009 22:07 |  #2

Scam. PS doesn't go for $100.


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Mar 12, 2009 22:41 |  #3

I know...but that's the beauty of the scam.



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Mar 12, 2009 23:26 |  #4

this is a joke, right?


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Mar 12, 2009 23:39 |  #5

I fail to see the "beauty" in software piracy...
Scam.


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Mar 13, 2009 05:42 |  #6

Reported to Adobe.

This is obviously a pirated copy. Yes, you'll probably get all those programs and they'll probably work OK. As will the malware that's almost certainly included for free.


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Mar 13, 2009 05:57 |  #7

I think the clue is in the bit where it says "These are copies".


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Mar 13, 2009 12:42 |  #8

hollis_f wrote in post #7514642 (external link)
Reported to Adobe

Reported to weebly (their host) too. Software thieves make me almost as mad as uninsured drivers.


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Mar 13, 2009 12:47 |  #9

Naturalist wrote in post #7513327 (external link)
I know...but that's the beauty of the scam.

No, the beauty of the scam is when you receive the program and it doesn't work right and you can't get support from Adobe -- and the scammer is enjoying the $100 you spent thinking you were getting away with something.


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Mar 13, 2009 12:49 |  #10

this really gets my britches in a bunch, sites like this, especially when I paid well over $600 for my legally obtained copy.

a scam indeed!!!


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Mar 13, 2009 16:49 |  #11

Site now taken down


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Mar 13, 2009 16:50 |  #12

Woohoo, another one bites the dust.... for a few hours at least.


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Mar 13, 2009 16:51 |  #13

Yep, i bet they are selling using numerous other URL's


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Mar 13, 2009 16:52 |  #14

Probably on eBay too.


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Mar 13, 2009 17:20 |  #15

NinetyEight wrote in post #7518178 (external link)
Site now taken down

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