Folks, I need your urgent support. The company I hired to make my thesis are playing threatening games and demanding huge money to avoid reporting me for cheating and academic misconduct as well as ownership right.
My thesis was recently graded and although I made some minor adjustment to it I am worrying they will do something and actually report this to the institute.
They know my name, email, contact number and even the institute I am studying for. Any help is highly appreciated
First of all, how would you know they are from the UK? Second, what do they want from you, could you paste their message (removing your details).
@formerstudent
essayscam.org/forum/shared_files/uploaded/7056/88209_1_o.jpg
@Baba84
Did they already report to your school?
@formerstudent
They demanded nearly £3k immediately, for me to settle this fee. This was needed for the writer to shut his mouth they say. The above image however adequately containing all institutional email addresses. Not sure whether they reported me already.
Never pay blackmailers. If you do, they'll just continue demanding more money from you, anyway. All you need to do is read any of the existing threads here on related topics. In short, ignore every message from them, ideally, starting with their initial demand; then, immediately block them on every means by which they contact you. Report them to ic3.gov/Home/ComplaintChoice in the US and to actionfraud.police.uk/how-to-report-fraud in the UK. Don't do anything else, regardless of what their messages say. Never even consider contacting anybody at your school, "first."
Hi, that is so tricky, but I agree with whoever said that you dont pay them. Hopefully, you are close to completing your final year. If they report you, you can say your paper was stolen when you were checking for plagiarism with an external plagiarism checker or if you have cyber cafes you can say something happened to your computer and your paper may have been accessible from there.
@Annettevmo
I could say that, but they have all evidence through WhatsApp sending modification of paper 2 ways. Not even sure it's worth to fight it. Hoping they won't press the push button on that email. For now I blocked all their corresponding accounts. I will not pay them a penny.
Looking at the screenshot:
1. The scammer provided a fake name (Neil Taylor). I'm pretty sure the scammer is not British.
2. I'd safely assume that they (the university - if it was sent there) just blocked the email and will do nothing. The email sounds like extortion. Or maybe they'll take the bait to find out the real data of the scammer and report him to the police for harassment, extortion, giving false information, and blackmail.
@formerstudent
To be honest I am hoping for the same thing. Guys, i do appreciate every each of input for this topic. I will keep you posted of the outcome for everyone's safety and will be compiling all the names/contact numbers/ phantom company references/ and email addresses I have encountered, so we can raise alarm to other individuals and most importantly destroy their source of income. Just one more query from my end: where can I post these information, so it can go wildfire, keeping myself anonymously?
Your anonymous username (Baba84) is anonymous enough for you to keep it private. Just make sure you don't include your real name or contact information and it should work just fine.
@formerstudent
These blackmailers never used their own name. Always coming with different names.
Right; that's why, I doubt anyone from the university would take such emails seriously. It's like replying to a lottery scam email. Besides, it would require a formal investigation and considering students are the university's "patrons" it would take a lot of moving parts to get to the bottom of it, so they just ignore it.
@formerstudent
The scammer blackmailed me by using the name of the director of the Department of Education UK.
Ideally, if you've already been blackmailed, your first post here should name the company and then you should ignore all of their subsequent messages and block every account through which they contact you. I'd suggest that you avoid continuing to post all the details of their messages and of your exchanges with them, because there's a pretty good chance that your blackmailers also monitor forums such as this one. Continuing to post about it here undermines much of the entire purpose of ignoring their messages in the first place, because it indicates to them that you're still reading their messages and that their threats are frightening you. They (obviously) know enough about your transaction to figure out who you are from all those details that you post here. If you've already made the mistake of using a scam company before reading anything on this forum, simply post the name and url of any blackmailers here in your very first post, to help others (hopefully) avoid the same trap, and then stop adding more details about your particular project and/or transaction.
Imagine a guy walking into a bank and telling the clerk that he knows for a fact that one of their patrons stole money from him. The guy essentially wants the bank to become his free legal representative, even though he has no association with the institution. As long as the bank's patron hasn't stolen anything, I doubt they would want to work for the random guy / scammer. Their answer would be: "call the police or have your own lawyer formally contact us, so that we may look into it."
academicgeeks.co.uk
academicwriterpro.co.uk
Avoid these like a plague ( These are the ones)
That's the most important information to help others avoid becoming victims of the same companies. Simply identify the company that did this to you in your first post and include only the most basic information, such as how quickly all of their phony customer service enthusiasm about "helping you find the perfect expert writer" before your payment changed and immediately turned into blackmail threats as soon as you tried to cancel the order when they missed your deadline, or after you requested revisions, under their "guarantee" of unlimited free revisions, just to conform to your original specs that you provided with your initial order, or because the essay they sent you turned out to be completely worthless, barely comprehensible ESL writing, etc.
Avoid adding subsequent details that could easily identify you to your blackmailers if they monitor this forum. One of the purposes of ignoring all of their direct messages, in the first place, is for them to realize that they're just wasting their time trying to threaten you with the "consequences" of ignoring their demands. When you continue posting more details of all of their subsequent threats and other communications, you're simultaneously letting them know, indirectly, that you're still reading every word of their messages and threats, which only encourages them to continue bothering you.
@Baba84
By checking their domain age, they registered this domain on 10th August 2022, and this domain will expire after 13th days on 10th August 2024, but they are claiming 15 years of service. I am sure this scam company will come out with a new domain after 13 days.
These blackmailers will not get anywhere provided you stand your ground. Do not be scared by any fake documentation that they will be sending pretending to be from the UK department of education. They will even fake the logo and an IP lookup will show that they masked their location and source as well. The company is not located in the UK. Why do we know they are not from the UK? If they were in the UK then they would know about the educational act that fully prevents them from functioning as an academic writing company within several locations in the UK. They would not even try to blackmail you because the law will come after them.
They haven't stopped. They even sent an email to work!
Also I posted an image on 25 jul in this thread how can I remove it?? I am getting very anxious about things. Someone help pls
@Baba84
They sent an email to your work email address or they sent an email to your boss? Those are 2 different things. If they sent an email to your work address then block their address from your office computer. You are not supposed to be giving out your work email address to people unless it is work related in the first place. There is nothing you can do now except block and ignore. Send it directly to spam.
As for the image that you posted here, there is a time frame given than allows you to delete or edit the post you made. Since that time has passed, you should contact the forum moderators and admin, requesting that they assist you in deleting the image from the server. You cannot do it by yourself at this point.
Do you know where they send emails from? Do you have their IP? I don't see you posting any identifiable information so it doesn't matter at this point. Do they use an account associated with the sites or just a random gmail/outlook (totally anonymous) account? It seems some freelancing scammer is trying to mess with you and I doubt they use their business address to contact you.
Again, it would be advisable for you to continue these types of conversations about the details of your particular situations privately, for some of the reasons mentioned in Post #18.
Just continue to ignore their emails. They may harass you all they want but if you ignore them, they will eventually stop. They are trying to wear you down and get a reaction from you. Ignore it. Stop being so scared of them. There is nothing they can do to harm you. They cannot file any charges with your school and emailing you at your office address does not serve a purpose. Do not respond to them and they will stop. Do not be afraid of them and they lose their hold / power over you.
@noted
The image was removed luckily. Thank you all
Info@academicresearchexpert.co.uk
Christopherc2098@gmail.com
Same things happen with me and demanding money using above mail
Please help
If we talk about Britaineducopyrights.co.uk, it shows strong signs of being a scam. The domain was only registered on June 1, 2023, roughly coinciding with the implementation of the British "anti-plagiarism" law. Legitimate legal or government institutions typically wouldn't use a .co.uk domain. This website likely aims to extort money from individuals, businesses, and organizations. It's safe to report it to the appropriate British authorities and block their emails.
@formerstudent
legal@britaineducopyrights.co.uk
They send some letter saying we file case against you if you don't pay within 48 hrs
Like this is end of this document
We will provide you 48 hours' time duration to settle the agreement with the "Organization"
Andrew Hamilton
Senior Legal Officer
Department for Education
Email Address: legal@britaineducopyrights.co.uk
Mailing Address: Arena Academy, Social Mobility
A letter - do you mean by postal mail sent to your residence address or just an email?
@formerstudent
Just an mail with attached document saying like this
We are writing to inform you about a serious issue concerning the student "Mohit Chouhan" from "Brunel University." It has come to our attention that the student may have utilized 'Writing Assistance' from britishacademicpapers.co.uk. This matter is under thorough investigation by the Department for Education in the United Kingdom, in close coordination with the Legal and Law Enforcement Departments.
We understand that you have obtained the copyrights for the work in question. However, the organization has filed a case against the expert involved, alleging blackmailing. The organization is now demanding either a reimbursement of £700.00 or your involvement in addressing the academic misconduct case.
If you do not participate in resolving this situation, you will be considered an off-contract student. In such a scenario, we will have no choice but to under the Constitutional Laws of the United Kingdom resulting in black listing from all educational institutes of the United Kingdom and (for foreign students) cancellation of their Visa and black listing of their passport in the United Kingdom, We will provide you 48 hours' time duration to settle the agreement with the "Organization"
Andrew Hamilton
Senior Legal Officer
Department for Education
Email Address: legal@britaineducopyrights.co.uk
Mailing Address: Arena Academy, Social Mobility
Idk who is this mohit chauhan
Is this document is real Or not idk
Can u help?
It is an extortion scam. A real legal office would never send just an email if they were serious.
@formerstudent
Currently I m just ignoring their mail calls
Report this as spam and block
But I am scared little bit
I'm amazed that you'd continue posting all these details publicly instead of simply using the search function here, because just about every question and concern you could possibly have -- including questions about these exact types of obviously fake correspondence -- have been addressed in detail many times. If you want your blackmailer to go away and leave you alone, you shouldn't publicly admit to being "scared," either, because that's all they need to hear to have a reason to continue bothering and threatening you.
@Mirax1 Relax. It is definitely a blackmail attempt. Any academic violation that occurs in the UK passes through proper channels related to academic integrity. This means, the university will be the first one to contact you regarding this situation so that you will have a chance to explain your side. A thorough investigation will accompany this, along with evidence presentation on both sides. The university will make the academic decision regarding your actions. You will never receive such lousy and obviously unprofessional communication from the concerned government departments. They would talk directly to your school since your school will be the one to contact them.
The opinions are that of the author's alone based on an individual capacity. Opinions are provided "as is" and are not error-free.
Any contact from any purported "law enforcement" entity, whether in the US or the UK, is always completely fabricated by blackmailers. However, it is never the case that any UK university would ever contact any law enforcement entity (or vice-versa) in connection with suspected cheating by students, because law enforcement does not investigate students suspected (by their academic institutions) of academic dishonesty. In fact, as I've explained before, the Skills and Post-16 Guidance published by the UK Government makes it explicitly clear that the law will never be used to criminalize the actions of students, because academic dishonesty is considered, exclusively, to be a matter strictly between academic institutions and their students and not any kind of criminal offense:
Will this new legislation criminalise students who use these services?
"No. The offence is intended to target those providing essay mills commercially - it will not
criminalise students who have used or are using these services. Though the students'
actions do still constitute cheating this is a matter for the institution they are enrolled at to
address. The Department for Education has been working closely with the Ministry of
Justice (MoJ) and the CPS to ensure that students that use essay mills are excluded
from any liability by virtue of this legislation." (p.58)
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/619d1516e90e0704439f41c7/Skills_and_Post-16_Education_Bill_November_2021_policy_notes.pdf
@Mirax1
These blackmailers should go to jail. Before taking the work from a poor student, they are very polite and very kind, but after getting your school information, you might know their main motive.
No doubt they should all be locked up. The problem is that in 3rd and 2nd-World countries, the justice systems are very unreliable, especially for these types of crimes. Even more importantly, if you do business with anybody anonymously, even 1st-World justice systems can offer only very limited assistance, unless the person's ID is easily ascertainable. Conversely, if you do business only with someone who discloses his real ID to you and who is located in any 1st-World country, blackmail is completely impossible to perpetrate successfully without being prosecuted as soon as it's reported to law-enforcement authorities. Nobody whose real ID and location you know could ever attempt to blackmail or extort money from you because of the obvious consequences of your reporting it.
Just putting this here, because of the relevant thread title:
I've never had any problem answering unique questions, privately. However, I've already posted anything and everything that I have to suggest about what to do and what not to do if you've been blackmailed by any essay company or writer. So, if you contact me privately with questions and I respond indicating that I've already posted public answers to those questions and anything else that I have to suggest about responding to blackmail, please don't continue emailing me similar questions or ask me about "chatting" with me about your situation by phone. The search function here works very well, and all you have to do to find my posts on any subject is enter any term (like "blackmail") into the search field, type my S/N into the field available for limiting search results to the posts of any specific person, and change the default from searching "Topic Titles" to "Messages." If you're too lazy to do that, please don't expect me to spend my time retyping what I've already posted publicly (more than once) on the forum, because your time is not more valuable than mine. And please spare me additional emails asking me about my services and repeating your same questions, thinking that I'm going to give you a different answer, hoping to get your business, because I'm not stupid.
Thank you.
