Coordinated scam network report (UK writing services - 29 websites included)

Hello!

I hope this helps - it is part of an investigation around essay writing services, content creation, publishing, book covers and Wikipedia editing services.
I'm posting only highlights, but the report has a lot of technical data which I'm happy to share to everyone interested.

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Great research! You've uncovered one hornet's nest, but there are many more, particularly from countries like Ukraine and India. Students need to be cautious not to fall for the trap of ordering an essay from a "British" service, only to find that it's actually being completed (if they're lucky) by someone without an advanced academic degree from abroad.

@formerstudent I'm aware of that. unfortunately, there are multiple issues here. From how easy is to register a UK company without real identification to making fake claims and stealing others work. I mean, on one of the sites in this network, the team's photos are actually HarperCollins top team photos with made up names.
Sure, the best way to not fall for this is to write your own thesis, essay or book. or just do proper research before. some of these sites have thousands of visits per month, and others are in the scam business (registration dates) of almost 10 years..

the full investigation is here: lessdrama.substack.com/p/the-shadow-network-coordinated-scam

Sounds like what I found too with a similar scam network that includes ScamFighter.net (the supposed review site which is completely fake and just made to promote all their scam essay sites).

I put the details in a post here: https://essayscam.org/forum/gt/warning-scamfighter-fake-review-site-owned-company-7166/

What can be done to take down these scammers? ScamFighter should be sued for fraud because the site itself is a scam.

I applaud the effort to publicize this kind of information to help customers avoid being scammed by untrustworthy providers, partly because it is also helpful to legitimate providers who have to compete with them for business. Always look for providers with 10 or 15-year reputations for great work (and honesty with customers) on interactive platforms such as this one who are also willing to furnish you with their complete ID info and their actual physical addresses that are capable of being confirmed through local directories, independently.

@westy
Thanks for sharing your findings-really solid work pulling that all together.
Feel free to DM me if you're up for collaborating or sharing anything you've come across that didn't make it into your post. I pursue this kind of thing in my spare time and might be able to contribute to the investigation-especially when it comes to mapping out the actors behind the scenes.

Great work...Keep it coming...

I appreciate the work you have put into the research that uncovered the information you have provided. However, I have to wonder what you intention actually is since the report is quite thorough. There have been players at this site who have exposed such information, only to be unveiled as a person who represents the interests of competitor companies. Why should we take everything you have to say seriously? Where was this paper originally used? Why did you develop this paper in the first place? I have so many questions about your research that I do not know where to begin.

@noted Your concerns are valid, but I do not represent a competitor or any service at all. It all started with one of my friends being scammed by one of the sites in my report. I spent two days investigating this-and this is the outcome (I posted the full report on the Substack address). I'm passionate about OSINT, and digital services leave trails. I used the report to send complaints to the payment processors (Stripe in this case), the hosting and domain registrars, and I'm waiting for a resolution. As I'm not from the UK, I don't think I can make a formal complaint to the authorities. My goal is to expose them so that others don't get scammed. I also tried posting on Reddit /scams, but they considered I had included too many details (some personal), so I got banned. If you have any other questions regarding my intentions, I'd be happy to answer.

You should post the name of the company and the website url right here, where it won't get you banned.

@FreelanceWriter it's about wikiwriters.co.uk.
he wanted to update a wikipedia page. he provided the content written by him, as he found fit and asked for reediting so that it matches wikipedia's guides. they assured him not only would they rewrite, but also update the page themselves. he got ghosted after making the payment.

Thank you. As I said earlier, I applaud these efforts. Here, you never have to worry about sharing the name of the provider involved; so, IMO, that should always be included in the very first posts of this kind, to help others avoid untrustworthy and problematic providers.

@MyFavouriteUser Thank you for clarifying your reasons for publishing this information. Now that I have a clearer idea as to what set you on this path of discovery and information sharing, I can say that you have good intentions. Thank you for mentioning the website as well. The fact the company named itself after Wikipedia, which we all know is an open source information website that is not academically accepted, means that the company trying to ride on the image of the online encyclopedia cannot be relied upon to come up with legitimate papers. If I am right and their sources all come from Wiki, then the students can write the paper themselves and save the money.