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E-commerce sites Shopee and Lazada have removed dozens of listings selling unauthorised Microsoft software on their platform for as low as $10.
The listings, which were removed by yesterday, offered so-called “lifetime subscriptions” with product keys at prices lower than those of official retailers.
The Straits Times understands that the product keys peddled by these online sellers were copies for the education sector and other corporate subscriptions.
On its official website, Microsoft offers a personal subscription for its Microsoft 365 software pack for $108 a year. This includes popular programs like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
A Microsoft spokesman told ST last Thursday that it neither sells “lifetime” subscriptions nor product keys by themselves.
“Microsoft does not authorise any platform to sell counterfeit or infringing Microsoft software. We work closely with the platforms to try to protect customers from unwittingly acquiring counterfeit or unlicensed software, and participate in their marketplace monitoring,” said the spokesman.
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