Free Limewire Downloads, Free Lime Wire Pro. There are more scam websites today than ever before. You know the reason why? I have come to the conclusion that most people on the internet are computer illiterate. Those people be it you or me are easy pickings.

Limewire is a filesharing program. The basic version is free to download which we have a copy here. Yes, we have a free limewire version. No pop-ups, and well…. I like reading Digg, but it gets to me to see how many people spam the comments system without and ability to have them banned. There is this one poster who just posts “Free Lime Wire”. When you click on it it takes you to this screen. Never seen it?

Then be glad as you have never been scammed or sent to pop-up hell. Well when I click on the “Get it Now”, I end up with a porno website, in the Philippines. Now how the hell do we get there?

Well, most of the scams are very simple in nature. Normally you sign up and pay. The fine print says that they are not linked to Limewire LLC. Yet they use the same name and logo to fool people into paying for what is free. You get your file. They say that you do not pay for the software, you pay for support. The file you are buying is not from Limewire LLC. Its just a scam! This person posting on Digg just takes you straight to a porno site. Its all about money. Look at the news:

A man who duped customers into believing they could download copyrighted MP3 files without violating the law has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that his claims were false. Cashier Myricks, Jr., operator of mp3downloadcity.com, agreed to pay $15,240 to the 611 customers

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93% Of Domain Registrations For Scam Sites? Must be big business then!

Austelle describes herself as “a frequent internet user” who checks her email daily, participates in forums, and has multiple online accounts. But that did not stop her falling for a new loophole by which sites provide software that’s available free elsewhere - and charge for “support” that may be limited or even nonexistent.Austelle paid a website $33.90 for the Limewire peer-to-peer (P2P) client - which is available free from sites such as limewire.com. She found the fee-charging site after searching for file downloads in a search engine. “As soon as I joined, like within 10 minutes, I realised that I had been had, and that Limewire is a free download and is so easy to use that hardly anyone ever needs any assistance.”Austelle was the victim of a new breed of websites making money off free software. While companies such as Red Hat have for years charged money to distribute and support free software (particularly Linux), they clearly add value through support and CD distribution. But some of these new sites charge “membership fees” either to provide a downloadable version of the software copied from a legitimate website, or to redirect browsers to the site they should have gone to in the first place. Clearly, they capitalise on the ignorance of net newbies.

The list goes on. A computer illiterate person goes to a website to read the news. Digg is an excellent website and there are so many, but they need to control the comment system else spammers and scammers will just run it into the ground! Looking at the latest survey done in the UK, done by the “Get Safe Online” campaign, 57% of households had the internet of which 69% had broadband. Of those 21% of the respondents felt most at risk from internet crime while only 16% felt at risk of being burgled. How has that happened?

With such a wide penetration, many people online know no better. Further stats from the “Get Safe Online” campaign shows that 17% of people had no anti virus, 22% had no firewall and alarmingly, 23% open email attachments from people they don’t know.

Would it not make the work a bit safer if well known internet chatrooms and forums watched what comments are posted even if it is moderated by volunteers? Lets make the internet a bit safer today.
Come on Digg, set the example.