No such thing as Lifetime membership. That in itself proves it was a scam site. Most scam sites offer Lifetime membership & unlimited downloads. You will see nothing of the kind at the official LW site.

My suggestion is to find out which site you paid, the people involved via your CC statement. Talk to your credit card company & tell them it was a scam. In many cases they will refund you. But you need to provide them with all the details. You will need to check your browser history for 2/18/09.

Perhaps the first time you did purchase it from the official site. But not the second time by the sounds of it.

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