copydvd.net: HOAX

jonnyGURU

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Maybe you got this in your email box. Sounds like a great deal:

COPY YOUR DVD's!!

Why Spend upwards of $4000 on a DVD Burner when we will show you an alternative that will do the exact same thing for only $19.95?

You heard us right - for the price of just 1 DVD's, we'll show you how to back up and/or create Your Own DVD's!

Just upgraded to a DVD and still have a ton of VHS tapes lying around? With this program, not only can you burn & copy any DVD you've created, you'll also be able to transfer all your VHS tapes to DVD format as well!!


Now at first, I figured this was just software to rip DVD to another format that a regular CDR can burn (like VCD), but on their website they keep saying "burn DVDs, burn DVDs".

Such software does exist (for $29.95)

I did a whois on copydvd.net, and of course, it's bogus.

Webmaster is Jon Do at "1344 ghtg, Los Angeles, CA 90005" (1344 what?) and the phone number is "213 555121221355512122135551212".

Right.

I went ahead and clicked on the "ORDER NOW" button and was taken to a page asking me for credirt card information that was NOT SECURE.

I also found this site selling the same thing using the same graphics.... http://www.waverama.com/. No company information and I couldn't get a whois, but the payment is secure. However, after the seeing that first page, I'm a bit skeptical.