Free unlimited legal music downloads – get a lifetime subscription for $29.95! That sure sounds like a good deal ... no? Definitely no! Even though the site looks slick and professional and the concept sounds very tempting, it is nothing but a well executed scam. The above describes one of hundreds of scam sites that have sprung up to bilk well meaning folks out of a few dollars.
The site I was describing above was one that I had stumbled onto while looking for free legal music downloads. The site was so well crafted that it almost had me starting to believe the lie that they were presenting. I had seen these types of sites before, but they are getting slicker and more convincing as the scam matures.
With all of these sites all you get for your money is information on how to access peer-to-peer file sharing sites. While the file sharing systems are not illegal themselves, most of the files you find are shared illegally. The best way to avoid these types of scams is to remember that almost everything that sounds too good to be true is. Always assume something like this is a scam until you have evidence otherwise.
