Still being harassed even after blocking numbers and emails

Hello all

I'm in the same situation as some of you.
Essay writers just contacted me saying they're out of jail but need help with paying for bail. They said they'd report me to my university if I didn't help them pay for it and it's causing me so much stress. They contacted me back in January too saying that they've been reported to the police and if I pay them then they won't give my name to the authorities. But then they ended up in "jail" and are finally free, hoping to escape the country.

I blocked all their emails but they've started contacted me via numbers and every time I block a number, they message me from a new one. I've tracked two numbers down to Pakistan and another to America. The numbers on WhatsApp were "business accounts" and had male names attached to them, and when I questioned them they said the numbers apparently belong to their "husbands". It's just ridiculous that they think I believe them. I never submitted the paper they wrote for me, so am I in the clear if they do report me?

I just can't believe they keep finding ways to contact me, it's causing me so much stress and I can't escape them. They even said they'd stalked my Facebook and described my photos! It's getting out of hand. Please help! I'm really scared

No "authorities" have even the slightest interest in your identity. You're dealing with morons living in mud huts and probably texting you on the one piece of modern technology that they own.


Just continue blocking every number and don't respond at all. Eventually, they'll give up and focus on their other victims. Every time you respond in any way, you're just prolonging their harassment, because the clock on their patience restarts with every single response they receive.


Yes it is. So, why are you still so worried about it? If you never submitted their work, you have nothing to worry about, even if they do actually contact your university.


They have all the time in the world and no other source of real income; so they can spend all day cyber-stalking their victims. Even if 90% of them ignore their threats, all it takes is one frightened victim to cough up a few hundres dollars or GBPs (or whatever) once in a while for them to receive 10x more money than they'd be earning in the same time from any real job available to them. Don't be one of the fools in the other 10% of their "customer" base.

If you really want to end the harrassment, then the best thing for you to do is change your number and email address. The best way to stop them is to prevent them from contacting you in any way. The most permanent of which is to change your contact information. Delete the email address and disconnect the number. That way when they send you an email, it will bounce, meaning that is a dead end. If they try to call you, they won't be able to from that number. If you have WhatsApp, then change the number associated with the account when you get a new number. These are the best ways to end their harrassment.