Very disappointed now (ripped off by the forum member)

last year I've found a writer through this forum,he contacted me after I post a thread.
well it was going well,normally i paid half of the payment when we make agreements and decide the deadline,then I leave it to him till he finish and turn up,he was doing a great job though he was always late and i needed to ask for extention but the results weren't bad.

but this time after I gave him half of the money and he agreed to send me the work on 9th but he didn't show up though i've been trying to reach him via email and messenger.

it's been few days late and he didn't drop a word to tell me what's going on.
now i am wondering if I should just looking for another person or not.
god I hope he's gonna show up soon

Who cares? I hope he rips you off because you are breaking forum rules.

well i just wanna let other ppl know ,not to be another victim

Tell us who it is...that should get a response pretty quick.

No names. go placidly amid the ripoffs and the half truths, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without being broke remember to come back and pay promptly for all the "services" you will get.

well I drop another message to him a while ago and told him if he didn't show up within 2 days and tell me what's going on then i'll do something.

should i post his name now?
i got his name and paypal account and 2 of his email addresses...
but god i just wish he'd turn up in time
I hope no one is as naive as me -_-

I think you should wait until your given deadline and if he does not contact you, I think there is no harm in exposing his name. It is because he should pay for the act of irresponsibility. Or, at least he should return your money.

But if he has written papers for you previously, then he does not sound a scam; he may be facing some trouble out there. But you should wait for his response.

I'd just wait long enough to make sure there's not some legitimate explanation, only because these posts can't be edited later. Once you're 100% sure that you're not getting a response or paper in a reasonable time, definitely post it because that's the only way you can deter writers from unjustly keeping your money.

The best guess is: FreelanceWriter or Pheelyks.

Not FW, because the payment schedule described isn't how he works (it would also be rather stupid of him to be encouraging OP to reveal the writer if it was him), and it's not me because I don't have any work due to private clients right now, and haven't been receiving any emails claiming otherwise.

stu4
Good guessing, lol.

To WHYNOT
However, I think whoever that guy is, you should give him long enough time. Once you're sure the guy has scammed you, you should go ahead.

But I believe the guy may not be a scammer because he has written (as you say) a few papers for you already.

Translated: "FreelanceWriter and Pheelyks are two of the writers with the best reputations on here who also work for some of the companies that make my operation look pathetic by comparison so I'll take any chance to disparage either of them."

As Pheelyks said, I don't ever take "deposits" on work or write anything that isn't paid 100% up front. It would also be very stupid for me to be encouraging the OP to post the identity if it was me, but we all know that identifying stupidity is not exactly your strong suit.

Yes, you should.

I guess you should give him some more time. LoL! Posting his name here may worsen the situation. May be the guy is in some trouble.

I'm unsure of the rules on this, am I able to post a link to a legal forum?

They might be able to give guidance on dealing with this situation.

I've managed to access the rules and I believe I am able to post this:

OP, if you continue to have problems, this site might be able to assist you (UK Law):

swarb.co.uk/phpbb/

Mods; this is a forum much the same as essayscam (no profit motivation and nothing to do with me).

Please delete and accept my apology if I have misinterpreted the rules on this.

You mean, by clicking on the link that appears at the bottom of every page on this site?


This site has nothing to do with essay services whatsoever, and so in no way could be considered an advertisement/recommendation for such services--why are you worried?

Of course, the info here will only be useful if both OP and the writer are in the same legal jurisdiction.

pheelyks I know it sounds strange :-) But the link originally informed 'No data', but worked on the third attempt.

hmm thanks for all the replies,well it's a 2000w essay and i gave him like 3 weeks ago!

I told him the real deadline is 16th but since he's always late so I hope this time he can finish it a bit before it. he told me he could finish by 9th and gave it to me,so that's the deal,it's 14th night and he didn't drop a word since I gave him my coursework info.i've been trying to reach him but till now i haven't got any reply yet.

hmm then i'll post his name tomorrow I guess.i hope at the moment there's no one in my situation apart from me lol...

Sorry dude. Check me out if does'nt show up.
By the way, anyone heard of writing-jobs.us?

LoL! Let's see who that Prince of our Royal Forum is!

ok
I got his reply on 15th night,right before the deadline,he did give me the assignment,and a crappy excuse of his disappearance, yet when i checked the coursework he gave me,2000w became 11xx words! including reference -_-

it's too late for asking extention,just so screwed.......

Tell everybody who it is already. Help protect other students and the reputations of all the other responsible writers here. Let him explain here if he wants to respond and let him know that if this is how he does business, it will be exposed here.

his username on this forum is "essay_writer_sk",at first he lied to me his from the UK ,but I checked and found out he's actually from India or something.and he admited it after i broke his lie.

but there's a question,since he only gave me half of the work, which means nothing to me,should i still pay him the rest ? i only paid the first half when we were making agreements and deadline.

Are you out of your mind?

Whynot
What is it that you're really trying to achieve by this discussion which seems to turn into a more non-sense chatter now?

Please spare us!

Yes. You should also send me $50 for answering this question. Meanwhile, I have some land under a bridge I'd like to sell you.


Well if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black...

lol.....anyway I hope if there's anyone thinking about doing business with this guy,think before taking any action....might be very risky and end up like me,I think I'll have to prepare for resit T_T

Thank you for the invaluable advice!

Hello, humble much? Why would supposedly reputable writers hang out at a site called ESSAYSCAM for years? Don't they have some writing work to do?

LoL. No, we're free all the time!

Who else do you think has actual knowledge about how scams work?

Your question is also sorely lacking in logic. It's like saying, "Why is that car mechanic at an amusement park? Doesn't he have cars to be fixing?" Just because I work as a writer doesn't mean I spend 24/7 writing.

When a client comes across a writer who does not communicate with him and often submits the papers late, he should simply end all professional relationships with that writer. Find one who knows how to respect a client and delivers on time. Why on earth would you want to spend your time worrying about whether or not a paper you ordered will be delivered on time or not? That should be the writer's problem not yours because you are paying for his time and the expectation is that he will deliver on time.

You should have found yourself another writer and cancelled the payment you paid to him for this paper instead of giving him so many chances, you already look like a saint. You should have taught the writer a lesson rather than continuing to cut him some slack. He was never worth the price to begin with since he could not keep his end of the bargain.

From what I understand, the OP knew the writer had a tendency for missed deadlines but chose to use the writer again because the OP liked the writer's work. While I understand a client wants the same quality, quality is more than just the mechanics of writing; it also involves professionalism and timeliness. Going back a second time was risky--which the OP now knows. Sure, as writers, things happen that are beyond our control, but even a short reply to let the OP know something is better than radio silence. However, after the first few emails went unanswered (assuming the emails were a day or so apart--not back to back to back in the same day--and depending on the time left to your final deadline), I'd have emailed a final time cancelling the order and requesting a refund. Often times, the cancel and refund request will spark action, unless the intent was to scam. However, since you did work with the writer before, a scam is unlikely (or at least I hope that's the case) and maybe something major did occur (illness, loss of internet service, etc.). Apart from serious illness or death, though, there is no real excuse for long bouts of no response. After all, there's free wi-fi everywhere these days!


This could be risky, too. What if the deadline comes and there's still no reply. The OP then has wasted valuable time that could have been spent either completing the project himself or finding another writer. We all know the closer the deadline, the higher the cost in may cases. The writer's unprofessionalism would then cost the OP even more!

I'd like to know the outcome. Did the writer ever reply? Did the OP get the paper? Did they get their money back?

As mentioned above, once you have enough experience with a writer to know that deadlines can be a problem, it's up to you to decide about continuing to use someone unreliable. You shouldn't have shared your actual deadline, because it's obvious this writer ignored your requested deadline and considered your final deadline to be his deadline, too. You could also have agreed in advance that late delivery would be compensated by a partial refund equivalent to 1 paid page per day, or something similar to incentivize timely delivery. After previous experience with missed deadlines, you could even have specified and agreed in advance that failure to meet your deadline would trigger a full refund request on your part; and you could have left yourself enough of a cushion to have someone else take over the project in time for your actual deadline. But what you shouldn't have done was divulge your real deadline without any conversation or agreement about the consequences of another missed deadline with a writer who already missed some of your prior deadlines.


The time to do your due diligence about whether or not a writer is being honest with you about basic information such as his location is before you decide to trust him with your money, not afterwards when he misses (another) deadline and you start wasting your time frantically scrambling to find out who and where he is.

So, we never did find out how this tale of deceit ended for the OP. From the looks of it though, it seems things did not end well. I am sorry for the student, he was out half the cost of the paper that he never received and most likely, never got that partial payment back. This is a hard lesson to learn for most students. Remember, do not give complete trust to a writer. Any writer. Even the writers you find at this forum. Even if I keep repeating that the writers and companies are on the level, take it with a grain of salt. Do not believe anything until you have proven it for yourself.

Trust the writers and companies only as far as you can see your nose. Until the writer and company proves to be trustworthy and you have worked with him or them for at least a semester without any problems coming up (lateness, lack of communication, etc. ) you should always assume that they will fail you or scam you. Again, that should be the assumption until a proper professional relationship based on length of time can be achieved. I would say one semester of problem free collaboration with the writer should suffice.

I would say, be careful of writers who approach you first at this forum. Some of them do not actively post here and lurk so that they can contact unsuspecting students who then trust them because they were found at this forum. Always be the one to reach out to a writer via PM at this forum. Ignore any and all writers that send you solicitation emails or messages. Those are usually the problem participants at this forum.