Getting blackmailed (helped by an overseas programmer), please help!!

I paid a person overseas to do a couple of programming assignments for me. The class has been done for a month now, but They just informed me that I was not paying the full correct amount and I owe them over $100. If I don't pay by today, then they will contact my university about this.

I am worried, as they have my email and know my school. What should I do?

Everything that you should and should not do is detailed in this thread, right here:

https://essayscam.org/forum/gt/online-class-help-center-blackmailing-6760/#msg86575

@FreelanceWriter

Thanks so much.

The oldest scam in the book. You should turn the tables on them and tell them that reporting you to the school authorities will only serve to make it easier for the school academic board to track them down and sue them based on cademic laws of your country. When they threaten to take you down, threaten to take them down with you. That should stop them in their tracks. It worked for a student I know of. The blackmailer stopped emailing him after he threatened them back.

@noted

Good advice as always. Being British I tend to be fixated on British law, but of course there are several US states which outlaw essay writing mills too.

In reality, telling an essay scam that you're going to sue them will likely anger them, rather than causing them to back down, leading to possible further extortion attempts and intensification. It's really dumb advice, at best. At worst, it's malicious cowardice. If noted wants to bluster at essay scams and hire lawyers, let him. You should keep your head down and wait this out.