Hotfile technically does scam. I did a test with them. I had my friend purchase premium hotfile then I uploaded a movie and didn't publish it anywhere. I sent him the links to the files and had him download the movie and they only counted me more 2/4 links. We went further to test how they worked and it appeared that they would only count a download from a premium member every 9minutes I think it was. So he downloaded another group of movies and would wait 9 minutes in between downloads and it counted all 4 parts. SO.... Hotfile scams if a downloader has a fast internet connection.