I keep getting spam offering me Windows 7 or Photoshop CS5 for $119. These are scams, right? Are they looking to cheat me out of the $119, or are they going for bigger game, like my credit card information?

When the Nigerian Finance Minister finally gets around to putting that 3.5 million dollars into my bank account (what's taking him so long, anyway?) I'll be able to pay full retail for any of this software, but until then I'm keeping my eye open for bargains.

tanstaafl.

Some of them may be semi-legitimate, depending on how you feel about bending EULA rules. OEM licenses for Windows tend to be cheeper then retail, but are supposed to only be sold with a computer, and not reused if you change systems. Some places have twisted the EULA enough to decide that as long as it's sold with hardware (IE, a $2 USB flash drive or a keyboard), that counts. Newegg for example lists an OEM copy of Windows 7 Home Premium for $94.99.

I still wouldn't trust the deals coming in via e-mail though. I just tend to avoid doing business with a company that believes unsolicited spam is the best way to get business.