I purchased an essay from Helpwithassignments.Co.uk on a Thursday and we agreed the latest day for essay completion was the Sunday. It says on their website they only refund half the amount and the rest goes to "service fees". I received the essay on the following Wednesday which I wasn't happy about as it was days past the deadline. I used the essay anyways but had to edit large amounts of it though I still kept the same quotes and references. I requested for a refund and a week later they contacted me saying they can refund my money or store the refund as credit for another assignment. I chose the refund and they said they were contacting their lawyers and need to get the copyright back from my University even though there had been no mention of copyright throughout the weeks of communication.

My other option was to pay them 650 pounds to recind the refund which I obviously refused. They then sent me a screenshot of an email they were getting ready to send to my university stating that I've used their essay to submit, their litigation team is going to visit the university and they attached screenshots of our WhatsApp chat, my proof of payment and the copyright document (which was never mentioned or sent to me about whatsoever).

I just want to know if ye think this is a legit threat or not? I don't really care about getting my refund anymore and am a lot more concerned about my college receiving this threat.

And yes I'm never paying for an essay ever again, lesson has been learned.