Software scam

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IT STARTED WITH A SEARCH ON-LINE TO HELP MICK MARKE THE PERFECTPY PICTURE. A TOUCHUP HERE, A TOUCHUP. s THAT IS WHAT THIS WOMAN WANTED TO DO WITH A PICTURE OF HER KID. SHE WENT ON-LINE AND LEARNED THE HARD WAY. JUST BECAUSE IT IS BEING SOLD DOES NOT MEAN IT IS LEGIT.

I WANTED TO EERASE THE PEANUT BUTTER FROM THEIR FACE AND NICER LOOKING PICTURES. SO THIS MOTHER OF WHO LOVES TO TAKE PICTURE DECIDED TO LOOK ON-LINE FOR THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM PHOTO SHOP. SHE FOUND AN AD ON CRAIGSLIST OFFERING IT FOR 50% LESS THAN THE RETAIL PRAISE. HE -- PRICE REPALE FRIES. SHE RECEIVED SIX DISKS IN THE MAIL AND INSTALLED THEM ON THE COMPUTER.

THE ENDS RESULT WAS THAT I COULD EDIT PICTURES, BUT IT TOOK A VERY LONG TIME AND IT SLOWED MY COMPUTER DOWN. EVENTUALLY THE COMPUTER BECAME SO SLOW SHE HAD TO BUY A NEW WYNN. HE WAS JUST COPYING SOFTWARE WHICH IS ILLEGALLY TO DO. HE DID NOT HAVE THE LICENSES HE TOLD THE CONSUMERS THAT HE HAD. HE IS ALAN, AND INSPECTORS SAY HE IS WELL-KNOWN BY AUTHORITIES.

HE'S HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY WHICH INCLUDED CHARGES FOR SOFTWARE PIRACY IN THE PAST. HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE FRAUD AND FELT HE COULD MAKE A LOT OF QUICK MONEY. THESE ARE EVIDENCE PHOTOS TAKEN AFTER AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR SET UP A PURCHASE WITH AND RECEIVED PIRATED SOFTWARE. I THINK I PROBABLY HAD LIKE A LITTLE NAGGING FEELING IN MY STOMACH, BUT, I DIDN'T LISTEN TO IT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THIEVES OUT THERE, INVESTIGATORS SAY HE IS LINKED TO CAUSING MORE THAN $300,000 IN DAMAGES FOR PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT SOFTWARE FROM HIM.

CONSUMER ADVOCATES RECOMMEND YOU BUY SOFTWARE DIRECTLY FROM THE MANUFACTURER OR AUTHORIZED SELLER. AND AS YOU LEARN FROM LINDSEY