Beware of websites that claim to sell microsoft windows keys for a very less prices!

As I was doing some research today on an entirely unrelated subject(windows drivers for Holux GPS receiver), i came accross (probably, via google ads) a website called keyoem.com and wanted to buy one of those keys to upgrade my windows 7 home premium to business/ultimate.  The price they had put on their site was less than $35.

But, before I did do the purchase, I wanted to see if it was a scam.  So i did a search on google with “windows key scam.” Lo and behold, i got several hits.

These websites look genuine, and even have Microsoft partner logos on them.

The first one was from technonsense.com.  This is an article that i took time to read and it saved me $35.

Here is a link to the full article.  Thanks to technonsense.com, who has done a great job with this regard.

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