I'm wondering what the scam is? Limewire is open source? Limewire charges for Pro. What's the difference. They are free to compete and participate. You can't get a refund if it's not illegal. I got into this with 360Share from mp3musicaccess for ~$25, not knowing much about this field. Then got to know free Limewire and use it cos it's less buggy. Now can't connect to the other network anymore (out of business?) but they provided other info and useful service for a newcomer, and their network seemed to have some different good search results.

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If you're happy to pay for a hacked old version of LW Pro & pay for support that you can get for free then go for it On their site, they claim that the members area includes access to "a collection of tools that include video players (allow you to play the latest video files), CD burning application and much much more…" I bet they're all freeware anyway!!

Personally, I'd have doubts about any product that offers you a 'free' version, then requires you to 'register' your product & then turns out to be a 3 day trial

All you get is a re-badged version of LW that connects to exactly the same network (gnutella) as every other LW.

"Hacked old version" sounds right, and imperfectly hacked. But not an illegal "scam" exactly. We don't get support on free LW. Their collection of tools is freeware alright, but that's a help to newbies. If I knew of free LW of course I wouldn't have bought that.
But are they still in operation? I guess so.

I would've thought the support for basic (and Pro) LW here is pretty good. And not to mention, free. There's also the 'official' LW forum LimeWire Forums. Free support, again.

I'd rather see a newbie come here & get links to freeware programs, than pay money to a scam site for the same info.

There will always be unscrupulous jerks who are happy to rip off unsuspecting people.