{"id":2326,"date":"2007-08-25T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2007-08-25T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/the-great-software-awards-swindle\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:48:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:48:00","slug":"the-great-software-awards-swindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-great-software-awards-swindle\/","title":{"rendered":"The great software awards swindle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We computer users can be a very trusting bunch, and many of us put our complete faith in the software we use, the web sites we visit and anything that comes out of Steve Jobs&#8217;s mouth. However, it&#8217;s important to stay paranoid, as Cyril found out when he investigated the disturbing phenomenon of <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/not-all-software-awards-are-serious\/\">software awards scams<\/a>. 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