MoviMX

I discovered Movimx (movimx.com) when a friend who wanted to see the 2015
Romanian movie "Aferim!" went to YouTube, searched for the movie, and found what
Purported to be the "full movie." An attempt to start the movie triggered a brief audio
Announcement, in a cheery female voice:
"Hello! I'm sorry, but the original video has been removed by YouTube due to the DMCA
Notice. But you can watch full movie streaming in HD quality at my sites! Just hit the
Link in the Description below. Enjoy!"
Clicking on the link took him to the Movimx website and a page with "FULL MOVIE" at
The top, and a convincing display of information about "Aferim!" below. But his attempt
To start "Aferim!" here triggered a "Login or Register" popup window, asking him to sign
In, or register as a new account. Clicking on REGISTER took him to yet another
Website, Cinamuse (cinamuse.com), where he was asked to provide his email address
And password (so far, so good). Completing these entries took him to the next webpage
Where—oh, yes! You guessed it!—he was asked for his credit card information.
Fortunately, he stopped at this point, and asked for my advice.
After finding that there were no reviews of either Movimx or Cinamuse on SiteJabber, I
Searched the Internet for reviews of Movimx at other websites (this data was obtained
Feb. 5,2016):
ScamAnalyze (scamanalyze.com) - "Unsatisfactory Reputation/May not be Safe to Use"
Trust Rating 50%
WOT (Web of Trust) (mywot.com) - Trustworthiness = 50 (max. Is 100)
The WOT website had one very negative comment, stating that this was a scam
Website.
Cinamuse, on the other hand, had an even worse rating, and many negative reviews
(see my separate review of cinamuse.com on SiteJabber).
Of course, I warned my friend not to provide any credit card info. I also told him to be
Ready for spam email from Cinamuse, asking him to "finish" his registration—that is, put
In that credit card info.—since one of the WOT commenters wrote that this had
Happened to him.
Let's return to that cheerful announcement on YouTube from the scammer's agent,
Which mentioned a "DMCA Notice:" DMCA is the "Digital Millenium Copyright Act" (it's
Described in Wikipedia). A DMCA Notice alerts the owners of a website (like YouTube)
That they are providing copyrighted material in violation of the law. The Notice gives the
Owners a chance to remove that material, before further legal action is taken against
Them. A legitimate website, like YouTube, will no doubt remove such material
Immediately.
So, that cheerful announcement is telling you that "YouTube has been informed that
Legal permission to play this copyrighted movie on their website has not been granted.
However, if you jump on over to MY website, I'll let you see the movie, because I don't
Care about any silly old copyright laws!" Anyone who follows that suggestion should
Prepare to be scammed.
Scammers seem to be usng YouTube as one of their preferred "honeytraps" for
Unsuspecting film buffs. Movimx appears to be operating as a "front" for Cinamuse,
Which already has a very bad Internet reputation. Neither of these websites should be
Trusted.