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May 29, 2020

The main focus of this industry has always been to create the academic paper for the student who may not really know how to go about the development of his paper. Our main clientele are the students who need help in developing their paper. Once in a while, we get work orders from students and professionals who have already completed their papers but want it reviewed on a peer level. Others, want the paper polished, they feel that the paper is already complete, but missing something. They hire the second pair of eyes to see what else can be improved in the paper. Then, there are those who don't trust their bundled grammar checker and would like to have a human proof read their paper. There is really no foundation for this job. You have to be able to do anything the client asks. If he wants a whole paper written, consider it done. Editing? Revising? Proofreading? Done. Done. Done!
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May 28, 2020
General Talk / Backend/interface for writers [28]

It is important for companies to realize that the middle-man more often than not creates the conflicting instructions that the writer receives from the client. While the writer should still use the UI of the company to gain work, the company should loosen their grip and allow the client and writer to have more direct contact. More than just a PM service. A specially hosted VoIP would work to the writer and client's benefit in this case. By allowing the client and writer to contact each other directly, the possibility of the middle-man messing up any order related information is lessened. This will also lead to more company and writer trust on the part of the client.
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May 28, 2020

A freelance writer can write about anything and everything under the sun. The question is not "what can the writers write?" The question should be "What can a writer not write?" The answer, nothing. A truly competent writer can deliver any type of paper that a client needs. Anything from an academic paper, to a ghost written speech or screenplay should be easily accomplished by such writers. These days, writers need to be able to write about anything because his constant employment depends upon it. If he doesn't know how to write about a certain field, then he has to learn fast or he will lose relevance fast. Clients do not have the time to train writers, they expect the writers to be competent in all writing fields from the get-go.
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May 28, 2020

I will admit that there are students who have learned to play the game just as the scamming writers do. The problem, is that the scamming students often pull their scams on unsuspecting honest writers. They are the reason why I require the equivalent of cash payments from the students. I never accept credit cards because they can always file charge back complaints. I also refuse e-checks or any form of bank payment that the student can put a stop payment order on. It is difficult but I have come up with a system that keeps both the students and I happy when it comes to payment collection. My system is basically cash upon delivery of the paper, a variation thereof. So far, the students haven't complained, my writers are happy, and I have managed to avoid refund issues based simply on a student's whim or desire to get a free paper. I have trained my staff and the writers to identify potential refund clients. They inform me of the potential problem student and I cancel the order on my end, just to avoid being scammed by students.
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May 26, 2020

Always assume that the company bought a foreign office address and is using a VOIP phone number as an office contact number. There is absolutely no way of confirming the actual address of a company. Even independent writers can claim to be at Point A when they are actually located at Point B. The way the internet is set up, it is just impossible to tell. Between the VPN's and the for sale office information, a student should just say a "Hail Mary!" when dealing with any writer or company. It all boils down to trust, honesty, and work quality. Don't base anything on the location of the company, whether confirmed or not.
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May 26, 2020

I believe that, at the time the OP wrote the post, he did not realize that these writing companies actually pass around the resume of the applicants within their circle of companies. Each circle needs to have a specific number of writers on staff. Whoever falls under the required writer count gets the applicant. It is that company which will contact the applicant for further application processing. The writer will be surprised and wonder where the company got his information. Do not look any further. It was the application sent to the first company that made its way around the umbrella companies. I bet the client eventually got a response, just not from the company he originally applied to.
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May 26, 2020
Writing Careers / Kenyan Writers Exposed [17]

Well, there have been some cases where Kenyan writers actually finish their studies and enter into the writing profession, just so they can save money to be able to afford advanced studies overseas. They work for the dollars that they will be using to further their academic training, which in turn, will hopefully get them out of the squalor they live in. Those educated Kenyans that I know of prefer to write only topics within their actual undergraduate studies. They do not pose as anything but an undergraduate writer and they actually have pretty decent English writing skills. These Kenyan writers should not be grouped with the other bad Kenyan scammers. There are actually some of them who prefer to do right by their clients and they want to earn their money honestly. No scamming, no pretending, no pretenses. Those are the Kenyan writers who should be coming to this forum to help further their life ambitions through writing academic papers.
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May 26, 2020

Students shop for their academic websites the same way they shop for their clothes. Ooohhh! Shiny, I like! They are first attracted to the sleekness of the website. The more admirable the look of the images they use from their stock photos, the more the students tend to stay. Let's put it this way, an Instragrammable website definite helps in attracting the student. For some reason, it also equates into the student having a tendency to trust the fake image and reviews. It isn't until the problems start to come up during the work process that the students finally learn to equate the flashy website with problematic order placements. I have seen low profile company websites, from reputable companies and independent writers, that do well with direct clients. They charge appropriately and are in an open discussion relationship with their clients. These are the more trustworthy websites. Flash, glitz, and glamour, these are the means by which the questionable companies reel in their unsuspecting clients.
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May 25, 2020

The OP also mentioned some of the worst companies to write for. Not because of the penalties that they apply to the work of the writer (which they actually do), but because of the problematic payment system of those companies. These companies have been known to always pay the writers on a 3 months behind schedule. You work for free for 3 months, then they slowly roll out the salary, for every month, on a 2 week basis. It almost feels like you are working for free because of the unreasonable salary release schedule. These company have writer slaves, not writer employees. Any writer willing to stick it out with any of these companies deserves the delayed payment schedule he will eventually start complaining about.
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May 25, 2020

Paypal no longer deals with writing companies and independent writers. So the basis of the OP is no longer valid. I am guessing that one of the reasons that Paypal decided to stop dealing with that side of the academic business is precisely because of the problematic orders that they had no idea how to deal with. PayPal is mostly identified with legitimate, properly run businesses that provide tangible products that their fill in the blanks complaint forms can actually deal with. The bots of the system probably had a difficult time handling the essay related problems, causing undue complaint closures or improperly investigated refunds. Either way, Paypal is surely thankful that they no longer have to deal with the financial disputes caused by the academic writing industry in general.
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May 25, 2020

I think that the academic writers got a rude awakening this year as well. It looks like the academic writing trend will be on the down side for the last part of the previous academic year, and at least the first half of the upcoming school year. With students still under lock-down or modified school attendance, parents will actually be able to supervise their children's studies and homework now. Aside from that, the students can expect to get adjusted allowances as well since most of them will be schooling from home. So there will really be lesser chances of the students being able to hire a writer to work on their homework for them. Parents will actually be able to check the homework of the kid and, they will probably be involved in some way when the student has some research or essay paper to write. Academic writers will need to adjust their financial expectations for the rest of the year. If possible, they should also try to branch out into other writing venues to help augment the income lost from projected academic writing work for the next school year.
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May 25, 2020
Essay Services / What about assignmenthelp.net? [58]

assignmenthelp.net.DND is one of the worst services you can hire for any reason. I will admit to having helped write their company blurb in the past. I had to use keywords that felt unnatural and did not really make sense when inserted into a properly written sentence. However, that was what the client ordered so I had to deliver on it. What I did learn, from studying their website in the hopes of being able to come up with some honest and sincere writing, is that the company is nothing but a sham. They do not have any writers that can actually fulfill a task properly. The company has no sense of what client care is all about, and they are just out to fleece the students of a few dollars whenever allowed to do so. Don't waste your money. I still regret accepting the work I did for them, I was new in the business and I did not care so much about the integrity of the companies that hired me to work, I just wanted to earn. I am better than that now and I often warn students who wish to hire these companies not to do so if they want to get value for money.
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May 25, 2020

Due to the rate by which these companies change their company names and url's, one might think that a company went belly-up. Very few realize that the company simply redefined itself in terms of company name and services. It still retains the same owners, writers, and lousy service. A company may consider doing this when it gets to the point where the complaints far outweigh the compliments the writers receive. If the company also receives way too many refund requests, it will change identities. So the lies continue to flourish, just under a different image. The writing companies have been doing the switcheroo for decades now. None of them really shut down. They merely move the goal post to be able to continue playing the game.
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May 24, 2020

It is a bit difficult to find a specialized writer for specific dissertation pieces. You can probably get writers who have experience in writing about specific biology topics who could pull off a dissertation. I bet there are a few of those writers here. The problem, is that the OP was asking us to vouch for a specific writer or company, which we should never do here because that puts our own reputation as writers and recommenders on the line. We should never represent one writer or company in this site. While we can say that "so and so might be able to do the job", we should never say "So and so is so good, he can do the job for you." That is something the student should find out for himself, if only he would take the time to actually look into the skills of the writers at this forum. Don't take recommendations to be solid truths. Always take it at face value. Learn the truth for yourself, ask, consider, investigate.
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May 24, 2020

Well, it seems that the company is spinning off into an area that they normally do not care about. Fake news. By partnering with NewsGuard, the company hopes to help students avoid using misinformation in their papers. My question is, how can turnitin and its partner be relied on to not slant the information the students will be verifying through their site? Could politics rear its ugly head and thus, affect the veracity of the results their search returns to the student? Let's face it, the battle is not limited to the truth of the news. It is also based on the politics of the company. That is why I do not believe students should use these services. I mean, even when information from the NYT, CNN, and other news media outlets are questionable, who is to say that the app the group launched will be truthful ? If I were the student, I would take the chance and not use their service. I still say that gut instinct, and proper research on the part of the student is the best way to verify information he wants to use in the paper.
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May 24, 2020

Well, it is nice to see that there are also other forums that work on helping connect students with reliable writing services. There should definitely be more of these vetting sites and direct writer access forums to help the students steer clear of the questionable writing companies and solely social media promoted independent writers. While I do use social media to promote myself and my company, I do not rely solely on social media for my promotions since that is where most of the blackmailers are found and I would hate to have myself or my company lumped with those criminals. Based on what I have seen at these sites, they seem to be legit and their network is also composed of legit writers and other companies. It would be good for students to use both ES and the sites mentioned above when looking for a reputable writer or writing service to work with. You can never consult too many reliable networks in this case. However, I would tend to prioritize ES recommendations since this forum seems to be much older than the others and hence, have a more reliable pool of companies and writers.
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May 24, 2020

I tend to disagree with @Write Review. Just because the owners of this forum accept advertising for companies and writers, that does not mean that they are legit. Remember, the business we are in is a gray area. It is wrong to tell the student to place all his faith in the writers and companies that advertise at this forum based solely on their "featured" positions here. Don't get me wrong. I am not saying that the companies and writers here cannot be trusted. They should be trustworthy since they pay to advertise here. However, not every student may consider his experience with the writing company or writer perfect. There could be some hiccups along the way that could lead the student to have a sour experience just the same. However, it could be less than if they had hired a non recommended company or writer. There is no best website or writer, only companies that have writers who can accomplish the assignment or independent writers who are competent enough to get the job done. Nobody and no company is perfect. However, company writers and independent writers can accomplish the task that the students needs to get done. That, is all that matters.
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May 22, 2020
General Talk / TurnItIn is stealing our work? [17]

Well, if the OP was the one who uploaded the work for a plagiarism check then yes, it is HIS work that was stolen. It had not been turned over to the student at that point and we are not even sure if the work was totally paid for yet. Until the actual transfer happens, the rights to the work remains with the writer. Once the turnover is completed, then the student owns the work. I would worry more about when the student submits the paper to the teacher. Should it show up in the the database, does that mean the student can be accused of plagiarism? Is it plagiarism if the student can defend himself by saying "I wanted to be sure none of my writing would come up as plagiarized?" Exactly how would such a situation work? Additionally, I would feel better if Turnitin paid the student for uploading work to their database. The universe knows these students could use the extra bucks.
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May 22, 2020

I thought the same thing guys! I actually thought this was going to be a useful post regarding how students can better their writing skills. Then I read the OP, came across the "guest" post, and still couldn't figure out what the point of this thread was going to be. I guess it is supposed to be comic relief from the other dead serious posts being discussed across the forum. By the way, if a site calls itself Best Paper Editors, you can bet the company owners are stretching the truth when it comes to the actual writing skills of their 3rd rate, non-ESL writers.
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May 22, 2020

I knew you were a shill the minute you made your first post @Zubina. You obviously did not read the forum rules before jumping into the threads here. You cannot recommend services to anybody here. Regardless of how old the post is. You broke the golden rule. Students consider the services based on comments regarding the services. Not recommendations from posers like you. Nobody will take your work for it. Don't even get me started on commenting about that company you just recommended. I was hired to write the blurb for their websites a few months back. One of the worst blurbs I had to ever write. I did it for the money, not because I believed the company wasn't a SCAM.
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May 22, 2020

You miss the point. The forum exists not to call the academic writing companies a scam. Rather, the forum exists to give the writing companies, students, and independent writers an open forum where they can discuss their differences, experiences, and other details of their hired academic writer experiences. It is an educational board where students thinking of hiring services can get proper advice, seek out opinions about potential services, or hire a writer directly for their writing needs. As for the advertised sites and writer accounts, what's wrong with that? Those people and services have been here far longer than you have been trolling sites. These companies and writers have proven their worth and reliability over their more than decades long existence at this forum. The same cannot be said for you. Don't go putting down a useful website. You were not forced to come here, you don't have to stay here. You don't have to make false accusations either, unless you are one of the scams that regularly tries to do exactly what you just did at this forum. In which case, the old guards will have you for a snack. Good luck trying to stay at this forum. You will be run out in due time.
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May 21, 2020

I don't really pay attention to gender ratio among my clients. It doesn't make any sense nor does it serve any purpose in this line of work. I don't even keep track of official client names. To my writers and I, they are merely student client numbers. It helps to keep the writer's focused on the quality of the writing rather than the "voice" of the writer based on the gender of the client. Although, I can tell you that there are times when I get more orders for gender research or women's studies during a particular season. So perhaps. there are times when I have more female clients signed up than male clients. Like I said, I don't see the importance of the gender number in this line of work.
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May 21, 2020

Students are not really scamming the university by hiring a writing service. Sure they are working around the limitations that the academic system places upon their learning process. That doesn't make it illegal nor does it mean they are scamming the university. They are merely surviving in a place where academic papers are the make or break of a student's grade. Of course they have the right to complain when they are scammed. They paid good money for the service. Their parents worked hard to earn that money, they told their parents they are working hard to earn their degree at the university. So they better get the results they paid for when they ordered the paper. It isn't just about academic regulations, it is also about helping students stay afloat when they are drowning in paper work. Students never enter into a paper writing deal expecting to be scammed. They expect to get service. The OP makes extremely negative assumptions that paints both the student and writer in a bad light. One that neither of the parties would agree is correct.
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May 20, 2020
General Talk / Want to buy a writing website [19]

I do not see any value in hiring a Chinese company to service my writing needs. C'mon, they send their students to the USA to get a proper education! What kind of education do you think a Chinese student gets in his own country? Not the kind that would be acceptable in the USA or anywhere else in the free world. Yeah, I am biased and yes, I am fuming mad at China at this very moment !

I do not appreciate how they upended the world, and my income because the schools closed early, the students and parents are working together on their papers, and they basically, have made it extremely difficult for an academic writer to make money in the current business climate. I have had to adjust my services and train my writers to do other writing related jobs, while keeping them on an emergency payroll, just so I won't lose my top grade writers.

Nobody from the free world should sell their business to China. It isn't worth it. Don't sell out your principles for a few thousand dollars. You never know what China may do with the company you sell to them. Boycott China!
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May 20, 2020

I do not understand why almost every writer here claims that advertising and referrals are not allowed. The OP did a veiled promotion for his company and the people that run the forum let it stay on all this time. I don't understand why they would allow such promotion for a company that isn't reliable and whose writers my previous clients have had issues with. Not that the owners of this forum would listen to me about this. It's just that the old guards were highly insistent that no promotions and referrals be made, then I come across a post like this that reeks of promotional value in the guise of "student experience". It doesn't make sense...
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May 20, 2020

I really hate the students who need to be spoon-fed information just so they can get their job done. I mean, using this forum is so simple, only an imbecile would need directions to find a reputable writer or writing service here. All it takes is a little common sense to find what they need but no, they need someone to deliver it to them on a silver platter and feed it to them with a golden spoon. Sheesh! Talk about misdirected ideas of privilege. That is what most of the idiots who continue to ask to be pointed to good writing services or writers are, entitled fools who deserve to end up with the worst writer and service because they do not have the sense to look for the proper services themselves. They always need someone to blame for their potential failures. That, is why they ask for recommendations for the most part. So they can blame someone else for their incompetence when it comes to making important decisions. After all, these students have to be taught how to become adults. Adulting 101. That says everything about why they cannot seem to find what they need which are important in their lives.
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May 20, 2020
General Talk / are these reporters for real? [19]

I agree. Real journalist know that they should have cultivated contacts over time. These contacts would have helped them network through the system of whatever topic it is their are supposedly doing an "investigative" take on. That includes academic writing companies or independent academic writers. The do not go to public forums to ask for help. That would definitely blow their cover and, expose them to fake or useless information. That is not how real journalists work. The people who come here pretending to be journalists are more than likely to be private data miners, looking for a quick score.
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May 20, 2020

I think the OP was simply fishing for information on the students. Hoping to gain access to some private data that he might eventually be able to use on the unsuspecting idiot who might have provided the data regarding his dealings with certain writers or writing companies. It appears that the OP did not really understand the purpose of ES. Otherwise, the previous threads alone would have told him that his post was redundant and useless. The students have already discussed their negative experiences to death. There was no more information to be added for him to have. That explains why he only has one thread at this forum, and a useless one at that.
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May 19, 2020

As far as everyone who participates in this forum is concerned, their companies are unquestionably trustworthy and the independent writers are of the premium kind, regardless of what their actual abilities are. They are all trustworthy because they pay to be called such at this forum. Which to me, gives it a sense of reality and truth since no idiot would pay for promotional services and then con the students. So, writer or company, you can go with any of the featured writers or companies at this forum. They are the only truly trustworthy writing partners here.
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May 19, 2020

If you don't want to use Bitcoin, then you won't really be able to mask your full name or location. Using a direct bank transfer will limit the information you provide though since important data is crossed out from the transfer form. The most that will be seen is you account name, the name of the receiver, their bank information, and amount transferred. I agree with your friend though, bitcoin has advantages when dealing with these sorts of situations. I accept bitcoins as a form of payment because my bank allows bitcoin transfers and purchases. It comes in handy for some writers and it appears, some students too.
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May 19, 2020

Kid, take it easy. That was written by a first grader. There is no blackmail involved unless you allow the fraudsters to get to you. Ignore the bums. They are just trying to intimidate you. The problem, is that they hired the worst hack on the planet to fake the document for them. BTW, education departments do not deal with writing companies or writers. That letter implies that the department of education is in cahoots with the writing company, that will never happen. Not unless hell freezes over. Do not fall for the scam. Ye, they are trying to blackmail you. Respond to that letter and the blackmailing begins. Ignore them and your life will be fine. Hakuna matata, no worries.
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May 19, 2020
Writing Careers / Is your customer not your Gem? [6]

You are not a real academic writer. You are just a shill for Fiverr. You are not selling yourself at this forum, you are selling the website. I am sure that the people who run this forum will see what you are up to and deal with you properly. You do not have a career in customer service. We do not offer customer service at this forum, we offer legitimate academic writing services. There is just so much about you that tells me you will not last long here. If the old guards don't get to you, the owners of the forum will. Go somewhere else to promote your scam. We don't take kindly to scammers here.
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May 18, 2020

Having a slow season to deal with during the summer and holiday months. It really irritates me to have to suddenly change my writing mode from academic to advertising, and have my writers go from academic, to copywriting because it kind of messes up our routines. Then again, shaking up the routine once in a while isn't a bad thing. Additionally, having to project how much money I will need to set aside during the regular season for the slow season tends to get a bit messy because of inflation and insurance costs. Would I want a regular 9-5 job with a fixed income? Not on your life.
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May 18, 2020

Agreed. The banners for companies and independent writers above seem to be self - explanatory. The companies have ratings and so do the writers. The students can always directly contact a writer here for their writing needs or, ask for a quote from one of the assured services companies. I assume that since both have been in the business for a relatively long period of time, that they would not remain in business, nor be openly promoted at this forum if they were scam artists or blackmailers. Sure they may have egos the size of Alaska at times, but they get the job done. Both, as long as endorsed by this forum, should be legitimate and professional to deal with.
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May 18, 2020

Ever since the pandemic forced the students to use home schooling methods, parents and students alike have found that together, they can pretty much come up with a decent paper for the student to submit to the teacher. The problem is, they usually have no idea where to start or the parents are too busy with their WFH tasks that they can only supervise the writing the kids do in-between. I think that this is why I have seen a surge in orders from students and/or parents to have the writers simply outline the writing process for the research paper, take information from the provided text for potential citation use, and make suggestions as to which parts of the essay should be better developed or highlighted in the presentation. I believe that this is the proper way to use a writing service. I think that the pandemic has actually helped in a way. Students and parents are now helping each other in the learning process and the model / academic writers, provide the back up services that they need to complete the task.
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May 18, 2020

Writing agencies have found themselves slowly becoming irrelevant because most writers have learned that, if they actually have the talent, skill, and time to represent themselves to the potential clients, then using social media is the way to promote their business. Social media and this forum (it seems) are the best way to cut out the middleman. It is imperative that the direct client relationship be fostered among independent writers and clients because it actually reduces the amount of misinformation and wastes communication time that could have been better spent perfecting the student's essay. It appears to me that the OP wasn't really looking around the board. Otherwise, he should have seen all of the available methods for direct writer contact.
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May 17, 2020

Actually, the 3rd rate companies are just known by different names these days. They were not taken out of the business by the emergence of STEM. Instead, it was the decision of Paypal to no longer deal with academic writing companies that almost ended their existence. Writers continue to work for students, even in the STEM field. In fact, I have had to hire specific writers to focus solely on the STEM orders because they seem to be the hot academic field these days. I get about 10 STEM related orders per week so my writers must be doing something right.
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May 17, 2020

The number of words also depends upon what size paper the client wants the writer to use. An A4 sized paper will not hold the same number of words as a letter sized paper. The writer will have to definitely write more words if the legal paper format is what the client opts to use. It isn't just about the font size requirement. It is also about the kind of paper to be used and what the topic to be written about is. A scholarship statement could use only 200-300 characters, a statement response could be only 150 words, but the client still has to pay for the full page. So, there are several writing considerations, based on the type of paper to be written, that could dictate less number of words for the page content.
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May 17, 2020

The problem is that not all sites are legit. Which is why this forum exists int he first place. The idea is to help the students not fall into the scam writing trap. The forum is not all about bashing one another. There are actually times when the independent writers agree with one another, or agree to attack a perceived common enemy, either way, that is still cooperation among rivals. The recommendations are not allowed because the writer profile, which the student should be visiting in the first place, is the closest thing that a student will get in the form of a "recommendation" for an individual writer. I also agree that recommendations, by the forum owners are the only kind of company recommendations accepted at this forum. So yeah, recommendations are allowed in a roundabout manner.
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May 17, 2020

Students who have such specific writing requirements, in terms of grades, will never get the kind of writer that they think they need from a writing company or an independent writer. The reason? Nobody can assure the student of the grade that the paper will get. There are just too many factors involved in the rating process. The length of time the writer has to complete the paper, the amount of time that may be spent on revisions due to client errors, the desire of the client to have the paper constantly edited, the constant follow up emails and text from the client, it just makes the grade requirement uncertain to achieve. It is not impossible, but if the student has such requirements and proves to be a vulture constantly circling the writer, then he should just write the paper himself.