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writers2beware   
Jul 08, 2016

"Prices are for a page of double spaced writing in Times New Roman 12 point font (roughly 250 words)"

That bogus statement is from PrescottPapers. Would anyone like to take a guess as to what's blatantly false about it?
writers2beware   
Jul 07, 2016

The Ukrainians are engaging in blatantly illegal "SEO" practices, including but not limited to hacking literally millions of Web sites in order to insert malicious code that either automatically inserts hyperlinks to their "throw-away" sites and/or redirects the victimized site to an "ordering" page on one of their "throw-away" sites. If they were physically located in the US, they would be arrested and convicted of multiple felonies. They would likely never see the light of day again.
writers2beware   
Jul 07, 2016

I've noticed that several self-serving members have recently begun to consistently post irrelevant garbage that in no way contributes to the purpose of this forum. Does a freelance writer posting in EssayScam now somehow benefit him/her at EssayChat and/or elsewhere?
writers2beware   
Jul 05, 2016

perhaps EssayScam could automate this process and provide a feature that would display all of the WHOIS info and postings concerning a given site

That would not be helpful. I can't publicly explain exactly *why* because doing so would potentially help scammers to connect some dots. Rest assured, however, that if EssayScam were to implement your suggestion, the easily-gamed results would be 90% inaccurate, all current and future readers would be grossly misled, and EssayScam would lose all credibility.
writers2beware   
Jul 02, 2016

You really need to pay attention to what I'm writing.

Now THAT is funny.

The age is just a part of the thing, so don't go pickin' away at it like it's the end of the world.

I have stated from the beginning that age is merely one factor among many, but it does carry more weight because of the irrefutably important factors that I have mentioned.

I know 2002 is a flag, but that CANNOT be a major indication as to how good a company is.

As I have clearly stated and you have willfully ignored, there are literally thousands of sites/freelancers, which makes it nearly impossible for respective customers -- especially those with no knowledge of the industry -- to quickly/easily narrow down their options to a reputable, trustworthy few. Do you truly not understand the value and utter necessity of focusing on "generality," "likelihood," and "potential risk," or are you intentionally playing stupid? Do you know how many hundreds of EssayScam visitors over the years have requested a formula such as mine? Regardless, I never posted it until you and agreatwriter forced me into doing so as part of defending my assessment rationale and character against your underhanded insinuations, incorrect information, and false accusations. But, hey, now you can be proud that the cat is out of the bag and all of your fraudulent competitors now have a blueprint. Congrats!

USPTO

You completely ignored my perfectly valid explanation as to why why USPTO carries more weight. (FYI, sticking your head in the sand, ignoring, and sidestepping do not negate the fact that I have, indeed, already addressed the USPTO matter quite clearly for all to see and understand.)

I don't have the exact metrics of course

Well, of course; you have not posted any evidence, metrics, or data to support any of your claims.

I'd approximate at least 40% of all visitors are either UK/AU/CA based

You'd "approximate"? Really? Based on what? Your admitted lack of industry knowledge? Also, you may or may not realize that "visitors" include freelancers and site/company agents, the overwhelming majority of whom are scammers from Pakistan, Nigeria, Ukraine, India, Philippines, Kenya, and other foreign countries. Plus, many of those nitwits use randomizing, anonymous IP addresses from UK/AU/CA/US when accessing this site in order to maintain their "native English" charade.

If [at least 40% of all visitors are either UK/AU/CA based] is the case, your post is helping only a small fraction of students (which goes well with my initial claim).

Which percentage is larger: 40% or 60%? Since when is 60% a "small fraction"? Also, are you claiming that UK/AU/CA visitors are only interested in USPTO status, even though it is only one of many, many variables (and I clearly stated that there are countless possible combinations of said variables)?

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BTW, wordsies, you apparently have a simpler, clearer, more valid, more convenient, better-researched, more customer-friendly scale/formula than mine, so I am wondering why you have not yet posted it. I would love to see it. Please don't keep the world waiting any longer.

There's yet another aspect not covered here

Right. That is intentional. From the first post.
writers2beware   
Jul 01, 2016

As of July 1, 2016, writezillas.com uses a mail server from yandex.net, which is a Russian-language service that is physically based in the Russian Federation. Rest assured, one does not pay for Russian mail servers unless one natively speaks Russian.

Here are the Russian IP addresses of their mail server:
77.88.21.89
87.250.250.89
93.158.134.89
213.180.193.89
213.180.204.89
writers2beware   
Jul 01, 2016

At least they're upfront about their location:

Make no mistake: they are neither up-front nor honest. I left them with absolutely no choice but to admit their direct connection to Ukraine because my evidence against their established sites is/was irrefutable. Rest assured that their current "explanations" are complete horseshat.
writers2beware   
Jul 01, 2016

First - I agree with you about the quality of those sites that actually fit the bill.

Once again, you are failing to read or comprehend what I have typed. There is no "fitting the bill." There is a spectrum of features (all of which I listed), upon which I make an INITIAL ASSESSMENT (not a final assessment). You're obviously not paying very close attention to the critical detail in my explanations. What is clear is that you have an agenda (or a grudge) that is fueling your apparent inability and/or refusal to accept what is 100% valid and reasonable.

Come on. 2002 and earlier, seriously?

Thanks for playing. I knew that you'd ignorantly -- in the most literal terms -- jump all over the "2002" issue because you simply do not know what I know. Do you really think that you are the first person who thought he/she could hit me with malicious accusations or challenge my knowledge/intentions and win? Please . . . . I'm 10 steps ahead, as usual. Age is merely one factor among many. It is, however, one of the more important factors that carries more weight. Why? Longevity is not common in the essay industry because honest, sustained success is quite difficult. The year 2002, in particular, is a red line in the sand because the first Ukraine-based site/company appeared in 2003. The Ukraine-based sites are responsible for the vast majority of fraud in the industry, as well as worldwide hacking campaigns that have resulted in literally millions of Web sites being infected with malicious redirection code. Oh, but I'm sure that you already knew all of this.

Again, you need to remember that the purpose of my scale is to aid would-be customers who don't have a clue how to even begin sifting through thousands of sites/freelancers. It gives the layman the means to quickly and easily determine the POTENTIAL risk -- based on numerous factors -- of doing business with a particular service provider in the essay industry. You will note (or, based on your track record so far, maybe you won't) that never once have I stated something like "this scale is definitive," "there are no exceptions to the rule," or "main criteria." That type of absolute language has come from you, and only you.

I know you're always saying this is a US site

Yes, it is. The end.

why would legitimate UK companies (for example) have a BBB accreditation or USPTO?

First of all, I am a US citizen posting in a US Web site about the US essay industry. It is YOU who is out of place and off base, not me. If you want to focus on UK sites/freelancers, feel free to leave and make your own site. Secondly, I never mentioned "BBB" because I have personally confirmed over the phone -- while posing as a site owner interested in acquiring a BBB logo -- that money is overwhelmingly the main factor in being accepted (and how one is "treated," at least in my experience). If you don't have multiple thousands of dollars (price varies according to region) to get the ball rolling, you get the cold shoulder. As for the USPTO, it is an extremely uncommon characteristic. I have seen it from precisely one company. Due to how even simply applying for a USPTO trademark opens a company/person up to extreme vetting and public divulgement of critical details/requirements (such as real business name, real business address, real personal name(s), real location, etc.) that 99% of entities in the essay industry want to keep private (and can't satisfy in the first place) because they are crooked and have much to hide, I've deemed USPTO trademarking to be a highly-weighted signal of potential trustworthiness (especially since the site/company that owns the trademarks has a long-standing reputation of legitimacy that pre-dates the trademarking).
writers2beware   
Jun 30, 2016

There's nothing to say. Your "criteria" fits exactly 2 sites

1. Your claim is utterly false. Let's just start with that fact.

2. Apparently, you failed to read -- or simply don't want to acknowledge -- the last paragraph. I know what you are ignorantly insinuating, and you've got it bass ackwards, my friend. The criteria do not "fit" any particular site(s). In order to create a scale for ANYTHING, one obviously has to know the features/elements that constitute the lowest and highest possible points of value. You seem to be suggesting that I have not done my homework on every slightly significant site in the industry. Is that the case? Or, are you suggesting that there are other, lower/higher points of value that I have missed? Your angle aside, the bottom line is that hundreds of sites share many of the same features/elements. The sites that stand out from the pack stand out for a reason: they have features/elements that are extremely uncommon because such features/elements are extremely difficult to achieve and maintain. So, would you like a cookie for knowing the handful of "stand-out" sites that are at or near the top of the scale?

parties posting in this thread

You haven't been here for long, so let me give you a piece of sound advice: if you're going to come after me, you better have all of your ducks in a row.
writers2beware   
Jun 29, 2016

[Moved from]: mycustomessays.com

mycustomessays.com
Ephraim Wakaba
Nairobi, Kenya
00100
KE
+254.---5940
ephraimwakaba@gmail

eliteedgewriters.com = kenya
writers2beware   
Jun 29, 2016

Hey, Major, isn't it funny how all of the moaning writers who choose to operate with anonymous email addresses suddenly had nothing to say after I posted this thread?
writers2beware   
Jun 29, 2016

If you are writing directly for a client who specifically requests that you submit the work to a plagiarism scanner, that's fine (as long as you inform the client that the work will be in the public domain -- via direct publishing and/or hashing -- as a result).

If you are writing for a company on a work-for-hire basis, you have no legal claim to the work; as such, you have no legal standing to submit the work to a third party. You can be held liable for up to $150,000 *per violation* (i.e., *per paper*; see copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html) if the company were to sue you.
writers2beware   
Jun 28, 2016

FYI, freelance writers are not allowed to put work-for-hire documents into the hands (or onto the servers) of any third-party besides the paying customers. That includes submitting a work-for-hire document to ANY plagiarism scanner. Doing so is almost certainly in serious violation of their work-for-hire contract.
writers2beware   
Jun 22, 2016

The purpose of this scale is to aid people in determining the potential risk of doing business with a particular service provider in the essay industry. "Service providers" in the essay industry vary greatly; for example, you may encounter ESL scammers from Kenya using fake names and anonymous email addresses, a 30-year-old corporation, or anything in-between. In general, the more established, invested, reputable, verifiable, and legally accountable the service provider, the safer and more reliable that service provider will be.

Comparative and Relative Essay Service Provider Safety on a Scale of 1-5



(5 is safest; 1 is least safe)

EMAIL

Safe Essay ServiceAnonymous email address = 1

FREE HOSTING

Free hosting (no custom domain) = 1.25

Free hosting (custom domain) = 1.5

PAID HOSTING

Paid hosting (custom domain) = 1.75

Paid hosting (custom domain + free/shared SSL) = 2

Paid hosting (custom domain + free/shared SSL + phone) = 2.25

Paid hosting (custom domain + paid/dedicated SSL + phone) = 2.5

Paid hosting (custom domain + paid/dedicated SSL + phone + paid verifications from GoDaddy/Symantec/TrustGuard, etc.) = 3

Paid hosting (custom domain [registered in or before 2002] + paid/dedicated SSL + phone + paid verifications from GoDaddy/Symantec/TrustGuard, etc.) = 3.5

Paid hosting (custom domain [registered in or before 2002] + paid/dedicated SSL + phone + paid verifications from GoDaddy/Symantec/TrustGuard, etc. + registered, verifiable, active corporation) = 4

Paid hosting (custom domain [registered in or before 2002] + paid/dedicated SSL + phone + paid verifications from GoDaddy/Symantec/TrustGuard, etc. + registered, verifiable, active corporation [established in or before 2006]) = 4.5

Paid hosting (custom domain [registered in or before 2002] + paid/dedicated SSL + phone + paid verifications from GoDaddy/Symantec/TrustGuard, etc. + registered, verifiable, active corporation [established in or before 2006] + trademarks registered with USPTO) = 5

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Of course, there are other possible combinations, but this gives you a basic idea of how I go about establishing an initial assessment of every service provider. Also, since all other variables are considered equal for the purposes of this particular scale, it does not at all take into consideration variables such as geographical location, ESL status, fake testimonials, false advertising, misrepresentations, illegal offerings, stolen Web copy, etc.
writers2beware   
Jun 18, 2016

Well every domain registrar that I know of lets you keep your identity, as the owner of the domain, anonymous for a small fee.

1. I doubt that you have my tools, knowledge, and experience in network/computer forensics. There are many possible dots to connect outside of Whois data.

2. Every email address is associated with a domain.

3. It's not the email address that I track/vet; it's the domain. Regardless, your claim regarding "distinction" is false. What you seem to overlook is that most fraudsters in this industry are ESL idiots, so to assume that they make all the right moves is simply not accurate. Also, just because a domain has "Whois privacy" does not mean that I can't access the underlying ownership information.
writers2beware   
Jun 17, 2016

Listen, FW, I'm sorry that you are upset because you can't legitimately refute my sound, valid reasoning. I know that you can't. You know that you can't. So, you're just lashing out. If you'd like to begin making a somewhat feasible argument as to why my stance is not the best, surest way to increase safety for the vast majority of online shoppers, please start here:

1. List the procedures and third-party tools that potential customers should use to independently verify the age, geographical location, corporate status, tax status, etc. of both the email address and the person/entity behind it. (Sorry, but EssayScam and EssayChat do not count, for several painfully obvious reasons. I feel silly for having to mention that, but, considering the last post from wordsies, I obviously do.)

2. List the reasons why an anonymous email address is less risky than a Web site and/or registered corporation.

3. Please explain how my use of qualifiers would in any way help prospective customers or lessen their risk.

No tangents. No conjecture. No diatribes. Only simple, direct answers so that everything stays on course. We'll go from there.
writers2beware   
Jun 17, 2016

By your logic, no metric is safe.

Utterly false. Again, you're either not reading closely or you're choosing to cherry-pick.

there is absolutely no way for a potential customer to legitimately vet an anonymous email address for age, geographical location, or corporate standing. Web sites are more transparent, as I have proven on countless occasions. Companies are even more transparent, as corporate records are accessible to the public.

Do you see the progression there?
writers2beware   
Jun 17, 2016

I simply said, you need to include qualifiers, just like you do when you talk about American or other legitimate companies.

You are missing a critical point: the ability to verify. Again, "there is absolutely no way for a potential customer to legitimately vet an anonymous email address for age, geographical location, or corporate standing. Web sites are more transparent, as I have proven on countless occasions. Companies are even more transparent, as corporate records are accessible to the public." Until you come up with a way to similarly verify anonymous email addresses, you're comparing apples to oranges. How, for example, would you instruct a potential customer to verify an "old, American email address"? What steps should he/she take? What tools should he/she use to gather the third-party, trustworthy data?
writers2beware   
Jun 17, 2016

Wordsies, please carefully read my previous post again. It appears that you are not absorbing the realities and my extremely sound reasoning. Is it really your position that the existence of "at least 3 legit writers" justifies countless, potential customers rolling the dice against a pool that also includes literally thousands of frauds?

BTW, FreelanceWriter admits that his business has increased since outwardly legitimizing his operation (i.e., making him more "accountable" and trustworthy in prospective customers' eyes) by establishing his own Web site. Maybe you should take my advice, too, instead of expecting customers to take completely blind, unnecessary risks?
writers2beware   
Jun 17, 2016

Wordsies, I must remind both of you that there is absolutely no way for a potential customer to legitimately vet an anonymous email address for age, geographical location, or corporate standing. Web sites are more transparent, as I have proven on countless occasions. Companies are even more transparent, as corporate records are accessible to the public.

BTW, how, exactly, would using your "qualifiers" and preferred wording/phrasing in any way enlighten/protect potential customers (i.e., victims) and lessen their chances of being scammed by an anonymous email address? Again, you must remember that specifying your (or anyone else's) email address or username is not allowed. So, by not using absolutes, I would be increasing the liklihood that potential customers (i.e., victims) will role the dice. Based strictly on numbers/percentages, the likelihood that a customer's dice comes to rest on your email address is minuscule.
writers2beware   
Jun 17, 2016

Likewise, you probably agree that the vast majority of all essay companies advertising online should not be trusted, either.

I don't need you to do that. Why? I've already stated -- numerous times -- that the vast majority of essay sites are fraudulent. The only qualifier that I have employed is that old, verifiably American companies are safer to use for various reasons.
writers2beware   
Jun 17, 2016

American company that you say you don't own or work for but have previously mentioned having access to their internal admin screens.

Weak, very weak. First of all, if you're going to make claims about statements that I have supposedly made, you need to quote them. Secondly, please tell me: do I own and/or work for the Ukrainians at essaywriters.net.DND? Since I've posted screen captures of their admins in the past, I surely must, right?

Oh, yeah . . . please also reference a post in which I state that "every writer who uses an anonymous email address is fraudulent." That would be helpful in proving that your complaint has any validity whatsoever. Again, you need to remember the purpose of this forum.

BTW, do you deny that the vast majority of writers who use anonymous email addresses are scammers?
writers2beware   
Jun 16, 2016

See post #13 above.

He had/s criticized me repeatedly for posting 100% valid warnings against trusting anonymous, freelance writers who use Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, and other free email providers as their only means of interaction and identification. The vast majority of such "writers" are shameless, ESL con artists from third-world countries who use anonymous email accounts and fake names as their tools of fraud. Since FreelanceWriter chose to use only an AOL address to conduct his business, he actually expected me to post a caveat about him, individually, every time I addressed the issue.
writers2beware   
Jun 11, 2016

no longer need to be paid pennies per page

If that's the case, you obviously weren't working for legit, American companies.

Many clients also prefer the personal approach involved with hiring a freelance academic writer.

That is self-serving, propagandistic nonsense. Should I post the many reasons why a legit, American company is a better option than a freelancer?
writers2beware   
Jun 09, 2016
Essay Services / BEST ESSAY WRITING COMPANIES [42]

Rasman = worthless, lying piece of dung from Qatar that is associated with a fraudulent site
writers2beware   
Jun 06, 2016

Everything that Equalizer typed is irrelevant nonsense. It is also highly suspicious for someone who has no vested interest in the company.

Has anyone used transtutors

Hey, you stupid piece of s# from India, do you really think that we don't know you're a dirty spammer? Trying to include active hyperlinking code is pretty much a dead giveaway.

Who in the hell wants a transsexual tutor, anyway? Perhaps, somebody in "transition"?

TransWeb Educational Services Pvt. Ltd
NISHANT SINHA (singhal.aditya@gmail)
New Delhi, Delhi, 110016
India
writers2beware   
Jun 01, 2016
Essay Services / propaperswriting.com spun [11]

Ken88 = dirty, lying trash from propaperwritings