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» BitTorrent Scam Shutdown After SMS Regulations Breach | TorrentFreak — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:13:43 +0000

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By: human inelligence??

human inelligence?? — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:36:23 +0000

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
-Albert Einstein

Most fools think they are only ignorant.
– Benjamin Franklin

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped
– Elbert Hubbard

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that he did not also limit his stupidity.
– Konrad Adenauer

By: Roze

Roze — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:05:34 +0000

It's through advertisement.

By: Roze

Roze — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:19:57 +0000

They aren't really profitting, it seems. It seems like they are requiring SMS, which costs some in order to send.

By: Roze

Roze — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:18:24 +0000

Nobody deserves to fall for them, though with a few exceptions.

By: Roze

Roze — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:18:10 +0000

Nobody deserves to fall for them, though.

By: Shantih

Shantih — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:09:19 +0000

Is human intelligence also infinite?

By: Roze

Roze — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:38:02 +0000

Then there is also another link to the website (to its "legal section") that you should probably also break.

By: BitTorrent Scam Shutdown After SMS Regulations Breach « Internet Making Money

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:32:46 +0000

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Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:09:28 +0000

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.
-Albert Einstein

By: makin257 - BitTorrent Scam Shutdown After SMS Regulations Breach

makin257 - BitTorrent Scam Shutdown After SMS Regulations Breach — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:48:39 +0000

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By: Roze

Roze — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:27:02 +0000

Because the clear pricing regulations has recently come into effect, I surmise.

By: hatetobe_you

hatetobe_you — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:21:28 +0000

The ones, I most depise, are ones such as netmoviedownloads [dot] com and all there damn sister sites, just with changed graphics

By: Jim Guardian

Jim Guardian — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:33:06 +0000

Damn fraudsters, the real way to stop them is to have Adsense and every other Ad platform ban their ads.

By: ramriot

ramriot — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:52:34 +0000

Surely the infringement of SMS marketing laws is not the real crime here. These people are profiting from copyrighted software, that should be given free, gratis or even libra. The real owners of which should sue them for copyright infringement. Or would that be a but to ironic?

By: mister_playboy

mister_playboy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:16:58 +0000

Indeed.

By: Oldman

Oldman — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:54:40 +0000

enigmax, it has been there for ages, so not sure why you decided to post this "breaking news" today :)

By: Jobnn Wright

Jobnn Wright — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:24:55 +0000

Wow, thats pretty crooked. Thieves like that need to be dealt with swiftly!

RT
http://www.total-privacy.us.tc

By: JAY

JAY — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:58:55 +0000

i don't see it as a pointless comment, yes, i understand about the advertising space and how it works, my point was that this article was about people been scammed by having to pay for free programmes. My point was that one of the ads on this site ( which i see is no longer on) was one which did charge for a free program, surely you can understand that if you are going to talk about something u wouldn't also be promoting it, and yes maybe the admin don't have time to check all there ads but i'm damn sure if it was me i would now and then be checking what is going on in my adverts, but thats just me, and i was not typing in capitals because i was shouting or i was ignored, you are right though, next time i will contact admin, now come here and give us a hug! ;-) lol

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:19:40 +0000

“A version of this software can be downloaded for free in the developer’s official website.”

On the first page…

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:17:41 +0000

These scams are always ridiculously obvious, if you fall for one of them you get what you deserve.

By: Ignorance is bliss

Ignorance is bliss — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:16:12 +0000

Idiocy will always find its way somehow.

By: TerribleTony

TerribleTony — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:14:23 +0000

I'm sure TF are thankful for your heads-up.

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:03:38 +0000

Sold!! When can you deliver it to me by? ;)

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:02:24 +0000

Waht I don't get is how these things even make money. If you type "utorrent" into google the official website is first result. Nowhere on the first page could I see a scam site (that I know of). It's just… odd. That people even reach these webpages.

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:59:56 +0000

Pretty pointless comments – as you don't seem to know the vast majority of websites sell advertising space to advertising companies who then provide ads for the the space. This is not under the conrol of the website.

How is it a case of the pot calling the kettle black – you could say that if TF were involved in distributing free software and charging for it an dthen wrote this article.

Posting in capitals is annoying and symbolises shouting. Your an idiot if your shouting because your comment got ignored, all you had to do was click the "contact" link at the top of the page and it would've been sorted.

By: JAY

JAY — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:54:29 +0000

maybe they are not pre screened but like i said i did highlight in a previous post about this site been advertised on here, if people come to this site because they trust it then surely they are going to use the links associated with it. i enjoy TF and its posts but i think maybe they should look at whats going on on there own pages now and again.

By: NubCakes

NubCakes — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:53:40 +0000

Oh come on fix the link. I need to buy a copy of utorrent and Limewire.

By: Torrent Maid

Torrent Maid — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:36:05 +0000

These companies are preying upon the same fear used for centuries by con artists. A certain undertone of guilt is ingrained in the consumer at the onset, so that when they eventually see the charges they are too ashamed to file a complaint and explain themselves. Girls Gone Wild has gotten in trouble for using this technique to overcharge customers small amounts of money that they might be too embarrassed to contest.

A little bit of fault lies in the fact that bittorrent is still underground technology, and we are conditioned since childhood to believe that anything that's not yet mainstream MUST be illegal or subversive. Once the stigma is removed from bittorrent and the status quo sees that its primary purpose is NOT in trading illicit material, fraud won't survive in this industry.

-Torrent Maid ( http://www.torrentmaid.com“target=”_blank”>http://http://www.torrentmaid.com)

By: Bas

Bas — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:34:56 +0000

Those advertisements are not even pre-screened by the administrator of this site, and are linked to terms such as 'torrent', which will make them appear on this site too. Also, typing in caps is really annoying. ;)

By: JAY

JAY — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:12:34 +0000

TO FOLLOW UP. U HAD WWW.UTORRENT.CCADVERTISING ON HERE. READ THERE T&C'S. MAYBE U SHOULD BE CHECKING YOUR OWN PAGE BEFORE COMMENTING ABOUT OTHERS

By: JAY

JAY — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:10:07 +0000

HOW CAN U REPORT THIS WHEN U HAD THEM ADVERTISING ON THIS SITE YOURSELF, I POSTED A COMMENT ABOUT IT OVER A WEEK AGO BUT IT WENT UN NOTICED. POT CALLING THE KETTLE OR WHAT!

By: enigmax

enigmax — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:36:30 +0000

yes Roze, we don't want ppl going there ;)

By: enigmax

enigmax — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:35:25 +0000

I know a surgeon who couldn't install a graphics card driver. We can't all be good at everything

By: pink panther

pink panther — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:11:01 +0000

Scammers and their victims deserve each other.

By: FuncoLand

FuncoLand — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:51:17 +0000

people still pay for bits of data?

010100010101010010101001001110001

that'll be $4.

By: CCC

CCC — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:57:13 +0000

those that fell for such scam deserve it. can't they just google a around

By: NWO

NWO — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:31:08 +0000

If people are retarded enough to pay for any p2p software, they deserve to get scammed…

By: bittorrent scam - Page 2

bittorrent scam - Page 2 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:15:31 +0000

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By: zarathustra

zarathustra — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:53:20 +0000

Let these tools know what you think of them. Fill in their feedback form here: http://support.sorpresor.com/Soletto/Nueva.aspx ;)

By: Roze

Roze — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:57:22 +0000

Although most probably would not fall for it, I suppose that it would successfully scam a few individuals who are unfamiliar with BitTorrent but want to do so. I think that one problem may be the lack of plentiful information regarding BitTorrent, although I am not quite sure.

Roze
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