Academic Sciences (academicsciences.co.uk) has ruined my future

Academic Sciences , academicsciences.co.uk .....This is a scam company, who just took my money and did rubbish work, I have had three assignment and 2 were not even marked, this is such a shame that when I contacted the customer advisor and she because harsh on me. I have now contacted a lawyer and he has advised me to do to small claim court . I got the name of the OWNER who runs this company, her name is LOUISE.

I will not let her go away in this way and will do my level best to get my money back. Any suggestions from other members?

This is a good first move. Next dispute the transaction with PayPal. Third avoid such companies and fourth get a freelance writer

How can I dispute via PAYPAL, as I paid using my debit card. LOUISE the owner of Academic Sciences, academicsciences.co.uk[DND*] took this payment via telephone from me and in return she only sent me a confirmation email.

No one at Academic Sciences academicsciences.co.uk is willing to issue a refund, when ever I call a girl takes it, which I am sure is the onwer Louise, but some time a guy also attends the call. Many times I even heard kids voice behind them which I even asked and she said that it's TV but now I am sure she is running this scam company Academic Sciences academicsciences.co.uk from home.

Any suggestion for card payment, as I am going to court through my solicitor, but again he is charging me £200 as a fee but atleast I will get some payment back from Academic Sciences academicsciences..

You know using a debit card is not so safe as a credit card because the safety mechanisms for a debit card are almost absent since the money is directly deducted from your account.

You should have used a credit card instead.

Now, when the payment has been made without any third party involved. The dispute is about the product that you received. As it is a virtual good, I think things are going to be really messy.

Whether she works from home or has a office is only important if she represents false information, i.e., if her house address and other such information are different from what is given on the website.

Thus, it is about deciding whether you DID receive a bad product or not. I am not sure how the small claim court can do that - hire an academic writing expert? Doesn't sound practical.

Hi,
Thanks for the information, however I was not aware of this that what will happen to me at the end. I do remember, when I took quotations after that I got call next day from customer advisor of Academic Sciences , academicsciences.co.uk[DND*], which I am sure that Louise was on the phone. After having a discussion for 30 min I think, Louise asked me for the payment and told me that I can do over phone as well. Then I told her that I want to pay via credit card, but she insisted on debit card and gave me number of reasons for not going toward credit card, well my mistake and I did it through debit card and now crying................:(

I even didnot check on this forum or on google by Academic Sciences , academicsciences.co.uk[DND*] review and the scam which they are doing with student like me.

Well I am now piling up all the emails and guaranteed which she sent via email plus I have taken the print outs of her website and terms and conditions and making my case, hope will be good news.

That said, you should certainly go ahead and do whatever you can. It's not a good idea letting these scams get away so easily. Good luck!

I have filed the case today and now waiting for the further instructions by the Court. I am not giving up and let the Academic Sciences academicsciences.co.uk[DND*][DND*] to enjoy with my money.

As a representative for Academic Sciences I would like to bring the following information to the attention of any potential clients reading this series of posts and also both the original poster INFO4 and also the recipient Thinktank444. Once again it appears that unhappy competitors are going to extreme lengths to try and tarnish the names of reputable companies.

1. INFO4 registered on EssayScam on Aug 30th and posted the first comment. Thinktank444 also registered on Aug 30th and replied to the original post within 9 minutes. This is clearly the same individual writing both posts.

2. Yes, Louise is the owner of the company and this information is found readily with Companies House.
3. You have stated that you had 3 essays ordered with us. Please do provide the reference numbers for these orders and we would be more than happy to look into this, if by any small chance this comment is genuine.

4. You state that you believe the office is run from a home setting with children or the TV in the background. Academic Science is operated from within Turner House, Alton, Hampshire of which all the details can be found on the website. This is a corporate building with numerous professional institutions and in which children are not prohibited. We can also assure you that there is no TV within any of our offices. You are welcome to arrange a meeting to come and take a look if this is of any concern to you.

5. You state that we took payment over the phone. This is not the case. All of our payments are taken via SagePay (a third party which you claim we do not use) after an online invoice is sent to the client / or they pay via the website when placing there order. The client is free to use either a credit or debit card. Absolutely no such discussions relating to only accepting debit cards would ever have taken place.

6. You state you have filed a claim with the small claims court and that this was the 11th September. It is now the 14th October and nothing has been received at the office with regards to this. Again, if this is genuine you will be willing to provide a claims reference number.

7. As for the director not supplying her home address on the website? Why would the director of a company need to provide her personal address details when the company is operated from and registered with Companies House from a business premises?

8. Please take a look at our testimonials pages - academicsciences.co.uk[DND*]/testimonials-academic-sciences-revie w/ Each comment on this page is genuine and the emails have been kept for future verification if ever required by law.

It's a real shame that this website operates simply as a means of slandering other companies. Any positive comments within the site are immediately classified as fake, yet blatant fraudulent claims such as these above are openly available and not taken down.

Why was a small claim filed ? Is the OP saying that the academic outsourcing company is in the same country as he is? If so, then good luck with your case. Which, by the way, the resolution of was never presented to the users of this forum for further information and guidance. I don't see how a small claims case can be filed with a court considering the lack of available information regarding the company. I don't think the amount in question was even large enough to make up for the filing fee of the case. I think both parties involved just used the discussion to call attention to the company. Note how the postings stopped after the "company representative" posted? Yeah, something stinks and I think it is both the original poster and the company representative. Who, come to think of it, may actually be the same person. It just seems very unnatural that someone so hell bent on getting his money back would stop yapping all of a sudden and never brag about the money he got back through the small claims court. I think this is a fake post regarding the company. Both parties knew they were making information up just to publicize their company.

It is highly likely that the address posted on the website sent the subpoena straight into a swamp. The address could very well have been a fake, which is why the company representative claims that it was never received. Of course it can't be received, there is no such address. That is one way that these companies protect themselves and manage to pretend that they are located in the UK when they are actually located in an unkept public rest stop at some run down gas station in some third world country. What I am wondering about is why neither party came back to report a resolution to this case. Perhaps an NDA was signed and the client his money back? Or the client just got tired of trying to get the money refunded? Perhaps the client was proven to be a representative of a competing company? The possible reasons for the open ending of this post is simply endless.

(I can't comment about AcademicSciences, since I don't know much about them. I'm just addressing quoted statement)
The game of companies falsely claiming to be based in the UK has evolved beyond blatant lies. Most of them actually have addresses in the UK, but not in the way they want to portray. The address is a post office box hired out in the name of either the company or the company formation agency that registered it.

I highly doubt that any company would try to publicize itself by drawing such negative attention.

I think that with these third rate academic writing companies, they go by the Hollywood policy of "bad publicity is still publicity". They will take any sort of promotion they can get that will call attention to the company. As long as their company is mentioned, some search engine is bound to pick up on it, add it to their listing, and eventually, lead a student to their doorstep. Then it'll be a case of Hansel and Gretel. They know it is a mistake, they can tell the company will just be bringing them trouble, but they simply can't resist. They'll hire the company and its writer anyway. Then, after the chose cheap over quality, they'll come here and scream about how they have been scammed and "never again!!!" Whatever, the cycle will just go on and on and on because the students never learn.

Well this is one company that chose to shut its doors upon the enactment of UK anti essay writing services laws. They still hold the domain active and actively indicate that they are trying to find a way to continue their services but considering how long the law has been in effect, I would have to say that the company is just riding out its domain name registration at this point. There is nothing on the site to indicate that they will be returning to service anytime in the future.