For the first interested in sharing files, it can be a confusing, with a wide range of clients, sites and jargon to cut through. Make no mistake, it is easy to take a bad turn. Instead of being on Mininova or The Pirate Bay, novice users find themselves clicking their way to the dark side and become a “scam” site.
A ’scam’ file sharing site can work in many ways, but in the end, the objectives tend to be the same. They are trying to offload or malicious software, more commonly, try to share the site visitor through his money to sign him to enter the site with his credit card. Typically, users pay a relatively low in the first case, say $ 5 – $ 10 per month. However, it is not uncommon for additional costs to begin appearing on the map of the victim at a later date. The cancellation of the agreement with the fraudsters can be a nightmare.
In return for money paid, the user typically a meta-search site, which is limited to research results and offers completely free from sites like Mininova or The Pirate Bay. Millions of people unsuspecting until the signing of these scam sites (often announced with “legitimate” BitTorrent sites), and have done for some years now.
One of the most famous sites is FullReleases.com scam, which has been in operation for some years and has generated a fortune for its owners and a lot of misery for its “customers”. Today, these victims have reason to celebrate because the owners of the site have revealed their identity and, related or not, most sites are operated parking and are no longer operational.
Mr. Dylewski and J. Dylewski would be the son of Polish immigrants who settled in Surrey, BC, Canada. After their success managing a pair of warez sites in 2005, they created a whole FullReleases.com and make millions with their false and misleading claims targeted operations which naive entrants to the file sharing phenomenon. The site has become one of the world’s best known fraudulent sites, separation of countless people of their money and encourage thousands of complaints.
However, the rumor was that the brothers does not stop at a site, and began building an empire. Dozens of others have emerged, with some deliberately appointed to trade on the success of sites set up real, with areas such as adultreactor, bitDig, and releases.ws rapidsharereactor.
At present, many of these sites have been taken down, including FullReleases.com, although this in itself will not be refunds for those already scam, it will certainly give them a shot inch. It is not 100% sure why all fraudulent sites are suddenly parked or offline, but it is likely that the brothers are enjoying early retirement.
So how can people avoid being sucked by these crooks and others like them? It is surprisingly simple – Never pay to download torrents because they are always available for free, and for the love of God, Google!