NINA70

Since it is obvious that you were the victim of a fraud I would suggest that you forget about contacting the scam site and go directly to your bank or credit card company.

Once you explain that you have been swindled and that you have tried to contact the company (I really mean "crooks") that took your money your bank/CC should be able to issue you with a refund.

You said:I have the feeling that your PC was hi-jacked, I have tried to retrace your steps by going to the LW site here:

http://www.limewire.com/english/content/home.shtml

and pressing the big red “Get It Now” button. I then go onto the normal LW download screen here:

http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml

while you end up elsewhere.

If your PC was hi-jacked then this is further evidence to give to your bank/CC as the case for getting your money back. You were going to a legitimate site but got hi-jacked away to a scam site.

It seems that "hi-jacking" is becoming more prevalent because you are not the first in this forum to say you were going to the LW site and then were taken to somewhere else.

PCs can get “hi-jacked” if you surf the web without adequate protection, i.e. such as a firewall (anti-virus apps on their own cannot protect your PC from being hi-jacked). While surfing, a hidden download is initiated which can either change crucial settings in your PC, e.g. the registry. Once done your PC is now, effectively, in the control of the miscreant that initiated the "download" and as more and more "jackings" are to do with "fraud" you will need expert help to get your machine clean again.

Good Luck




UK Bob