blackmailed for money for an assignment

Hello, I have paid a company called expert academic help and I paid them to help me with an essay. They didn't really how to write the essay and then I asked for a refund and decided to do it on my own. they said they will have to contact my professor and the university to verify that the work they sent isnt used for the refund. and I haven't submitted the work. and they said that I have to pay a huge amount of money to cancel the verification process ( asking the uni and the professor) that I didn't submit the work. and they gave me 24 hours to do so.

They have my name and bank proof that I did in fact pay but didn't use the work . they said their legal team or investigator will know which university i go to and they will inform you or ask about me.

So far they came up with a university thats close to where I go to. will they contact my university or the professor? I need some advice please.

You are in the clear as long as you do not submit the bad paper. While they may have gotten some information about you from the cover page information that may have come free with the service, that is not enough for them to blackmail you with. You said so yourself that they are not in possession of your actual university name. So they actually have no real way of contacting your school authorities. They will only have something on you if you accidentally divulge the correct and useful information during your prolonged contact phase with them. send their emails to the Spam folder and stop responding to them. justead of asking them for a refund, file a chargeback claim through your payment channel instead. That way you do not have to deal with them directly, if at all. Relax bud. By not using their paper, you are in the clear. You have not done anything wrong even though you thought about doing it at first.

Thanks! yes I will just ignore them. they keep saying that the education department in the UK will stop the investigation if you pay. Im so tempted to ask if they think that the entire department in the UK is corrupt and they will really stop investigating if I pay?! 😂

and the name of the website is expertacademichelp.co.uk

they said that theres a refund policy 100% if the work is unsatisfactory by any chance!

hi.. I am in a exactly same situation like you. I paid expertacademichelp for my assignment as I was so struggling and didn't have enough time to do. But as my own gut feeling, I didn't trust them much so I did the assignment by myself and submitted on time. Then they sent my order after 3 days of my deadline so obviously I didn't use or submit their work. But 2 weeks later, they started contacting me saying that I have been under investigation for copyright issues and if I pay for copyright certificate, everything will be fine. I just ignored them but today they emailed me again saying they gonna contact my university(they know which uni I'm studying so that's what I am worried) about it and kept threatening me. I and so emotionally stressed and don't know what to do. I should not have done that in the first place. I want to ignore them but I am scared that they gonna keep blackmailing and threatening me. I know myself clearly that I didn't use or submit their work but what if they actually contact my university? I don't want this to get any bigger.

so they are threatening everyone!! we can press charges against them.. and as long we haven't submitted their work we have nothing to worry about.

does anyone know how to go about this situation? how can I press charges or something about the blackmailing

I think maybe we can call the UK department of education to report this. I've checked the website and there's the phone number. I tried calling them when this started to happen but they didn't answer maybe because it was holiday? I just really wanna live peacefully and don't want this to get any bigger. As I am an International student, if something wrong, I might have to go back and I don't want that to happen. I have been worrying about this a lot for days that I couldn't even sleep. The only mistake I made was that I decided to order from that website. What if they actually contact my university?

Im exactly in the same situation!!!! did they ask you to pay a huge amount of money?! they did with me.. they asked me today to pay to tell the UK department of education to not to investigate!?!? they said if i paid this will go away!! and they gave me a deadline till tomorrow!? maybe we try tomorrow to call them and report them? keep me updated on what happens with you and ill keep you updated as well

@teachersdontteach
You should contact @a1writer about your case. He is a former/retired UK based writer who is familiar with the new anti essay mill law in the UK. He might be able to help you further regarding your situation.

@a1writer Can you help us please?!!
@a1writer

@teachersdontteach
Don't do anything yet. Ignore them. Sounds to me like they are bluffing as you did not submit the essay and they don't know your university.

I need to look at them in more detail and will report back shortly.

Thank you! they gave me until today to make a payment or they threatened they will contact the university/professor

@teachersdontteach
Will send you Private Message. Do not contact them.

@a1writer thank you for assisting the student. I felt you were in the best position to help. I owe you one.

Thank you everyone for directing me and providing help. This community is the best. Forever thankful to you

@teachersdontteach
We are happy to help stop scams and protect the students in any way we can. Do not ever hesitate to ask for help. We are here precisely for that purpose. I hope this comes to a speedy and positive solution soon. Best of luck and please keep us updated about your situation.

Just now I received a message from them saying that they are waiting for my payment for the cancellation fees of the investigator not go contact my university

They are bluffing. Remember, they gave you the wrong university name. Let the deadline lapse. Nothing will come of it. If at all, they will email you with a second chance and much lower cost offer. Call their bluff. Ignore them. Their next step will be to send you a fraudulent email supposedly sent to your school. Do not fall for that either. That might come with the second chance offer.

Has @a1writer contacted you via PM already? He might have some ideas to help you out. Just take it easy. Do not let them bully you into anything.

@a1writer Thank youu for this!! If you don't mind, can you help me too? I can just ignore them right? I'm just a little worried that they gonna actually contact the university because they know my university name. I am thinking to report them if they continue to blackmail and threaten me.

@didi7
I will send you the same Private Mesage I sent to @teachersdontteach
The ame advice applies to you which is basically ignore them.

And Now they're calling me again and again
I blocked their number

@didi7
That is good idea and block/bounce back their emails too.

Just wanted to update you all, since the last message a couple of hours ago I didn't receive anything from them yet.

@didi7 What about you ?

Do not be complacent. They are thinking up a new way to blackmail you. Give them a few days to come up with a new ploy. Just remember that silence on your end will eventually make them stop what they are doing. Work on filing formal complaints against them if possible.

alright. will do. thanks !

they just texted me saying that I need to answer regarding the payment.. and then another guy from the company sent me a message that the refund will be processed as promised.. I don't trust them and I'm not expecting a refund from them anytime soon. So thats that

Anyone knows if this company is located in the UK?
any additional information about them ?
I want to report them to the police as they claim that the investigation from the UK department of education will stop once I pay the cancellation of the fees for the officer !

are they insinuating that UK department of education will take money to stop investigating on a case !! if it was true..

How do they think this is real by any means!

They are trying to force you to make contact by promising a refund. Do not fall for it. They know you are on to them. That is why they sent you 2 conflicting messages. They are hoping you will respond to either a threat or a promise of goodwill. Either modes of contact will revive the blackmail chain so keep away from them. Do not be tempted. There are other ways for you to try and get a refund.

They called me like 2 more times again this morning but I blocked the number. I will just ignore them whatever they do. If this become worse if they go any further than this, maybe I will report them.

i will keep ignoring them as you all advised. I haven't answered anyone

If you can provide the full domain name, so we can avoid second guessing, we should be able to delve into its background in case the need to report them arises. We can post any info we find in this thread to help other students who might be having an experience similar to both of you.

support@expertacademichelp.co.uk
info@expertacademichelp.co.uk
https://expertacademichelp.co.uk

these are the email addresses and the website

I had to crop out the names of other students. but this is what they sent me

Jan 2, 2023
Expert Academic Help
207 Regent St
Mayfair London
WIB 4NE
United Kingdom
Dear concerned.
This is in regards to the services being provided to the students for Writing & Editing against their academic assignments.
Under the section of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, it is hereby requested that all the students whose name are not
registered or published under the data base, shall get their registration completed to close their concern which is pending from
couple of days.

EDIT: Copied from: google.com/search?ie=utf-8&q="Plagiarism can get you expelled from your course%2C college and/or university"

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Yeah they sent me like that too.. They told me to buy copyright certificate and then everything will be fine. There is also other students names and emails including yours too right? Mine also has that list but I contacted the other students by emails but showed failed because email address was not found.

Yes mine was on the list, I didn't check others through! its a good idea to do so !!!

@teachersdontteach

This is a fake letter. Report it to the police and/or Department for Education.
The Dept. for Education logo should be on the left hand side of letter and address on right hand side.
Signature looks to be cut and paste job.
Look at date of letter. Monday 2 January 2023 was a New Year bank holiday in the UK so their offices were closed.

Omg so true!! you are a genius @a1writer

Also I checked the emails that were listed in the email as other students (the part that I had crop out) procreating the privacy of other students..every single one of those emails was failed to deliver !!

update: a new text message says that since I wont be making the payment the department for education will contact my university tomorrow.

I keep ignoring their messages and phone calls.

The fake documents will now start rolling in. Keep your cool. They do not know how to create believable documents. They will eventually give up. Your best defense is silence.

Hi there. In going through the exam situation being blackmailed by Academic help!
Please advise on what to do :(

Don't respond to them at all and block their emails so you don't even see them. Just use the search function here for the term "blackmail," read through those threads, and decide for yourself which contributors' advice sounds most intelligent to you. It's already been discussed in about as much detail as possible, with just about every conceivable approach fully represented in various suggestions.

@FreelanceWriter
Thank you!
They provided me with a screen shot of an email apparently from my university saying that they detected their IP address when doing the exam! Iv search the university email address they v used and it does not exist! Its been few days now and i have not heard anything from uni!

However the scammers keep on messaging me asking for money to hire a legal advisors in order to "remove IP address from my uni's data base" whixh i know its rubbish talk!!

I have blocked them but sick worried because they know what uni i go to and they have my student ID but not my real name.