According to the three members of this forum (ie. allegedly the agents of a 'legitimate American company') a company is NOT a scam when:

1. Company hires ESL writers, claiming otherwise on their Employment page and other pages and is misleading visitors into believing they only hire native English speakers. At the same time, Company doesn't give clients a choice not to work with an ESL writer like many other legitimate companies do on an order form (I know I'm shooting myself in the foot with the statement about ESL writers, see below why, but this argument has been a source of many fights here so I had to refer to it).
2. Company falsely claims it only hires writers with at least Master's degree (when in fact they welcome any writer with a general college degree).
They claim it is NOT scam only because their own company has been caught doing that. It is astonishing considering the fact most clients would consider these practices as being misleading/dishonest/deceptive. Thoughts?
PS. Before anyone points out my language mistakes, I'm an ESL writer. I posted here a couple of years ago but forgot my password and the email I used is no longer valid. I have writing accounts with a couple of companies (not with the "legitimate" one because $10-$12 per page they offer for new writers is not worth my time). But I know another writer who has an account with them. I've been reading this forum on and off and noticed how deceptive, arrogant, and full of themselves the agents of the "legitimate American company" (WritersBeware, Pheelyks, FreelanceWriter) tend to be.
If you are the ones representing the culture of the organization, I am speechless. You need to grow up and realize few people buy your twisted arguments and arrogant comments.