Why some "American" companies hide their corporate address? Shady operations??

What could be the reasons why some established (as they want to be perceived) "American research paper companies" DO NOT post their corporate addresses on their website?

- What could be the reason they hide their address?

- What are they afraid of when they engage in such a misleading operation?

- Is it normal or even legal in the legitimate business world to hide their real postal address?

- Why would a student risk buying a paper from a company that HIDES their corporate address from the public? Such company could be located in Russia or India or don't even exist after all.

- Do you know any LEGITIMATE and serious American company (not related to a writing business) that for whatever reasons does not list their corporate address?

If some forum members could visit some well-established "American companies" websites and mention those that DO NOT LIST their postal address, I would appreciate it. We should help each other and warn students from operations of fraudulent businesses.

I also count on WB's help in that matter. He claims to be the semi-taught experts in un-hiding operations of illegitimate essay writing services.

usually these companies are located in ukraine and pakistan....nt india or russia...
why dont you tell us which are legit companies who give their corporate address ....most of them are stating fake addresses...

In general I meant that they are not based in the US, even though they may claim to be "proud and American".

I think not posting a business address is the first and the most important RED FLAG of possible fraudulent activities. Fake address could be verified and challenged, but no address at all leaves no proof and is usually a strong indication of shady or illegitimate operations.

No legitimate company, American or otherwise, hides its address. Similarly, no legitimate company "invents" an American address to propagate the belief that they are American when they are actually Eastern European. No problem in being Ukranian, etc as long as there is transparency and the deliberate attempt to mislead (changing names to Anglo-sounding ones, inventing addresses, etc.) is absent.

Stu4 - simply posting a business address is not enough as most of the scammers do that ...

One cannot even be sure that the company being dealt with online is truly a company based in the United States. We have to remember that English is the de-facto internet language so almost all of the online companies use English as their form of language communication with others. Their website is in English because it gives them a sense of importance and a type of gloss to the company name and services. There is nothing in the rules that says the company must give their actual, physical location on their website. People just automatically assume that these companies are in the US. Then some more tech savvy users do a reverse IP look-up and discover the truth. That these companies are not really based in the US. Technically, they never said they were in the US, just that they used US and UK writers. The addresses in the US is purchased in order to make their charges via Paypal seem legitimate as Paypal requires a physical business address. So I don't think that the "American" companies intentionally hide their corporate addresses. It just isn't necessary for them to reveal their actual location as their business doesn't require them to disclose that information to the client.

It isn't that the company is hiding their corporate address from the clients. It's just that since the business is internet based, there is no need for them to disclose too much information online. Just as there is such a thing as identity theft among individuals, there is also a possibility of corporate identity theft if one places too much business details online. The location of a company being one of the targets of these identity thieves. One cannot blame a company for wishing to protect their identity online right?

It isn't right to assume that a company that does not disclose its location or masks its location is automatically engaged in shady dealings. Owing to how the internet tends to PING the IP address of a site all over the world to confuse IP blockers, one should not consider a hidden address as "Shady" or "criminal" at once. There are several considerations that a company owner has to make when establishing an online presence and that should be taken into account before judgements are made about their location and reasons for its masking.

My website pings "Toronto" because that's apparently where my webhost is. My clients (and anybody else who knows my name) can easily confirm that I'm in NYC.

Well, I still say that the office address, that means a physical location that a person can go to and find an office at, should be posted on the website. It adds to the credibility of the office. I for one, post my shared office space, OK, its actually an open workspace that I share with other companies, for the reference of my clients. I invite them to come see me at the office for any concerns they might have. Although they only get to see me at the office, since everyone else is in virtual locations that I can easily access from my workplace, it helps that they actually saw an office space, saw other business people interacting with me, and were able to understand that I am part of the 21st century workforce. They are millenials who know how the business works just from seeing the set up. There's no need to hide your location. They aren't expecting a doorman and a valet parking service, or even validated parking when they come to my office space. They just want to have a physical location to go back to, in case they have problems, and that there is an actual human being on the other end, who they can physically interact with.