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December 10, 2006 at 04:42 AM
jardinier

Have I been spammed, scammed, or just conned?

by jardinier . Updated 17 years, 11 months ago

I receive emails from http://www.arcamax.com with jokes, news in brief and various offers.

Today I took up this offer:

http://registrysmart.com/?hop=arcapub

and downloaded the software: “RegistrySmart.”

It scanned various areas of my computer and found 391 problems. So I clicked on “Fix Problems” and received a message that in order to fix the problems I would have to register and pay for the software online.

So I paid for the software — for three computers — and the whole price was reasonable.

HOWEVER having once paid for the software, the alleged problems miraculously disappeared and a fresh scan revealed no problems. I do not think all those 391 problems could have been fixed in the twinkling of an eye.

So my question is: could all those problems have actually been fixed in a split second, or was I simply conned?

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