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John,

I get these messages too.
Don't even bother with it.

mike ball
--- John Pretorius <johnpretorius@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> For several months now the spam section of my inbox
> has got messages
> offering MS Windows XP Pro @ $50 and other bargain
> software. Amazingly I
> have never seen any discussion of this stuff on any
> of the forums that I
> belong to. Perhaps they are only targeting us in the
> third world but I doubt
> it.
> 
> They claim that the software is legitimate "OEM"
> although it doesn't qualify
> for manufacturer support. It apparently comes from
> somewhere in Eastern
> Europe. I'm sure it doesn't get uncle Bill's stamp
> of approval. That doesn't
> bother me, but I do need to know that it is not an
> outright pirate copy and
> that the software manufacturer gets at least some of
> my purchase price. I
> also need to be sure that they will actually send it
> to me.
> 
> Has anyone on the list tried this stuff?
> 
> 
>