Wondering if anyone if they essay writing services actually follow through on blackmail?

I've heard many crazy stories and seen many reviews about scam companies threatening exposure on students who asked for their money back. Many of them complain about the services being bad, if not a complete fraud because many have made false promises and misrepresented themselves. Has that happened to anyone?

All you need to do is search for "blackmail" using the search function here to get your answer.

I have yet to come across a scam company that actually followed through on their blackmail emails. They won't gain anything by reporting academic dishonesty. They are only after the money they can fleece from the nervous student. They bank on the fear of the student regarding being reported to the university for academic dishonesty. The thought of this and the possibility of expulsion are usually enough to make the student pay for the "silence" of the company.

I personally know of a case where a freelance writer actually followed through on his threat to blackmail a student. The student was brought up on academic dishonesty charges by his professor based on the in-text citations used in the paper the student submitted. The question of integrity came up because of the cited sources, which were completely referenced in the email to the school / professor. It should be obvious that the student refused to pay the blackmailer which is why he followed through on the threat.

Unfortunately for the blackmailer, he was not able to ruin the student's future because he did not use the actual paper he paid the writer to come up with. He only used the references in a paper that he wrote himself. He admitted to the inquiry board that he did pay for a guide paper to be developed for him and that he used the citations that were provided in that guide. He showed the guide paper as part of his evidence, asking the committee members to compare the guide paper with the paper he actually submitted, and was graded on.

The difference between the two papers were so great that he was cleared of charges and allowed to keep his grade for the course in question and student slot at the university. This is the reason why I keep saying the students should not submit the essay they paid for as is. Changing it by at least 75% could spell the difference between graduating and expulsion for the student.

@noted


Submitting essays as your own work is cheating and writers who don't care whether or not a student passes the essay off as their own are a disgrace.

@a1writer


This is true. I believe writers should take pains to guide the students they work for and care about how the model papers are used. After all, it will not serve the student a purpose if I write or wrote the perfect paper for him but he was caught using the paper dishonestly and he was removed from school because of it.

Writers should care about more than just the money. My previous clients always appreciated the small personal touches I developed with them and caring about how the paper was used once I gave it to them was one reason they trusted me and they kept coming back for my services.

That is one of the reasons why I started my crusade of helping students learn how to properly hire an academic writer, even though I no longer work in the business myself.

I usually just ask all of my new clients whether they want me to write their projects at the highest possible level or to hold back a bit and provide something written more at the level of a typical undergraduate. Sometimes, obviously ESL students ask me to provide work at the highest possible level, in which case I ask them whether they just want a high-level analysis but expressed in simpler English in terms of vocabulary and sentence structure.

Sometimes, even students whose emails exhibit quite poor ESL-English tell me that they still want the highest possible level, both in terms of substantive content and in terms of the writing. I assume that my (adult) clients know what they want and that they'll ask me for whatever best suits their intended use of my work; but I always alert them to potential concerns that they might want to consider. After I let them know that I can provide higher or lower substantive analyses and/or higher or lower levels of writing, it's up to them to ask for what they need from me.


In 20+ years of doing this, I've had only one client ever report that he encountered a problem along those lines. This particular client's emails were written in relatively low-level ESL English. However, and for whatever reason, he specifically asked me to provide my very best work for the substantive content AND for the writing. Subsequently, he started bombarding my inbox with "EMERGENCY" emails about how his adviser had asked him some questions about the dissertation proposal that I wrote for him. When he couldn't answer those (very basic) questions, the adviser asked where he got the ideas for his proposal and who wrote it, and he responded that "an American friend" of his helped him. He ended up ordering a new proposal on a totally different topic; and this time, he took my advice to allow me to write it at a much lower level in every respect. That proposal was accepted, as was the eventual dissertation on that topic.

If new clients provide me with their own essays, I always caution them against ever trying to submit anything written by me for the same course in which they've already submitted any of their own writing, especially if their own essays are really bad. Sometimes they'll ask me to try to "match" their own level and just shoot for a low B or C; other times, they'll thank me for my warning and decide not to use me for that particular course, at all. Once in a while, they send me such bad essays of their own that I have to tell them that I just cannot "match" that level of work. In those cases, I'll offer to write the worst essay that I'm comfortable writing, with the understanding that they should rewrite it in their own style; but I still make very clear that the worst essay that I'm comfortable writing will still be suspiciously good if compared with their own essays.

@FreelanceWriter

Your lack of consistency is breathtaking. You do not care how your clients use your essays.

Regarding ESL clients in particular, you state:
'After I let them know that I can provide higher or lower substantive analyses and/or higher or lower levels of writing, it's up to them to ask for what they need from me'. ]So you will write in an ESL type fashion knowing full well the reason you are doing so allows the client to hand the work in as their own.

FW 'If new clients provide me with their own essays, I always caution them against ever trying to submit anything written by me for the same course in which they've already submitted any of their own writing....'Your tacit advice is that if a client has not used you before then it is in order for him/her to submit the essay as their own as they will probably get away with it.

FW 'Once in a while, they send me such bad essays of their own that I have to tell them that I just cannot "match" that level of work. In those cases, I'll offer to write the worst essay that I'm comfortable writing........' All decent essay companies and honest freelance writers would proofread and edit such essays. Dishonest ones would see it as a money making exercise by writing the essay from scratch.

You have aleady admitted elsewhere that your clients can use the work you provide in whatever way they choose.
Now, you have written your usual elaborate drivel in an attempt to hide the fact that your philosophy encourages cheating.Your pathetic attempt has failed.

My earlier reference (below) to the essays sent to me by clients simply means essays sent to me by clients as EXAMPLES of their writing style, not as requests to work on those essays.


As far as how I handle "editing" requests, more specifically, that's detailed in Post #12 (2019) of the thread "Writers: Do you take editing jobs?" right here:

https://essayscam.org/forum/wc/writers-take-editing-jobs-3839/#msg82063



Finally, on the topic of "honesty," more generally, in 14 years on this forum, I have never been accused, by any client, of being "dishonest" about anything, even once. To the contrary, several forum members have posted, specifically, about my declining their projects, precisely, because I'm always honest about my relative confidence with any project, and I always disclose any concerns that I have about being able to take on projects if I can't do so with high confidence about my ability to do them extremely well.

Anyone can write this and the fact that you have to keep on repeating this staement shows you are worried about your reputation. Who is going to admit that they have been accused of being dishonest, get real.

Your attitude of allowing clients to do as they like with the essays you write is tantamount to encouraging cheating and you know it and don't care.

Any writer who offers to write his 'worst essay' in order that the (probably ESL) client can pass it off as their own is not a writer of integrity and should be avoided.

Hello a1writer,
I don't know you, but I have known FLW for the past 10 years, since I joined this forum in 2011. I have not found any single client on this forum and elsewhere accusing him of any misconduct - let alone lying. He is widely known as a professional and highly competent writer. Anyone reading this comment of mine can do a search on this forum, and I am sure there is not a single client complaint.

We all know dissatisfied clients, in any industry, spread the word to damage the reputation of a brand/individual to avenge their dissatisfaction.

I am not sure, but I feel, reading through your posts, that you probably have a personal grudge against FLW or professional jealousy because he is the only and most successful writer (I have no qualm in saying it) on this forum, and people know him to be highly professional and reliable. I'd suggest that you want to focus on your skills rather than defame someone of integrity.

It was basically these posts that have energized me to get back to this forum. This is highly immoral. Please stop doing it to someone's years' long hard work.

Thank you

Thanks, Meo. Much appreciated.

@noted
Quote ' I believe writers should take pains to guide the students they work for and care about how the model papers are used. After all, it will not serve the student a purpose if I write or wrote the perfect paper for him but he was caught using the paper dishonestly and he was removed from school because of it'.

This is true which is why I would avoid any essay company or wriiter who tells clients they can use the essay as they like. That is totally unethical.