WARNING!

[Grey Area]

I posted in an earlier thread about a "too good to be true" offer I found for
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional here;

http://www.softwaredealsdirect.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=2

Because I'm curious and I can afford the £50 if it all goes wrong, I thought
I'd give them a go - I'd asked questions about the product and they had
responded, so thought it was worth a risk.

I entered my details and went throught to the "place order" page, and then
"payment"...but all I got was a message saying "Sorry, no payment methods
have been configured". I've emailed them about this but they have not
responded.

So - the good news is, it hasn't cost me any money, but then I got to
thinking. They ask you to register with an email address...and then they ask
you for a password. It is obviously tempting to enter the same password as
you would normally associate with your email address...

So...my suspicious mind is now thinking...either this is just a scam to get
your email address for spamming purposes...or, more worryingly, to get your
email address and the password that you use to access it.

I never thought about this before...fortunately my email access password IS
different to the one that I entered on the site, but I wondered if this is
how the scammers get hold of people's details?

Of course I have no proof of this as yet...but SoftwareDealsDirect.com's
continued silence sure gives me more cause for suspicion...after all, I'm
trying to give them money, and they are not responding.

 

[bxb7668]

I hope that the credit card number you entered was expendable. They
may be harvesting more than just email addresses.

 

[Grey Area]

Read the message again...I never actually got to the stage of entering any
credit card details. Which, you are right, may be fortunate.

 

[Greg]

If you want office Pro software for home use you should try for £48 you
should try www.software4students.co.uk

it's recommended by Microsoft (you should always check this)