It all started when I met with a writer via social media to do an essay. He started off as a nice person, and even did 4 essays for me. Then things changed. For the 5th time, he ended up not doing an essay for me that didn't require as much. When I kept asking for my money back (which was $30), he kept on making excuses as to why he wouldn't give it back.

He later emailed me about an investigative journalist who kept on bribing him with money to turn in essays he wrote so he can catch students cheating. He said that I would have to pay him more money to keep quiet. When I asked for evidence regarding this, he started becoming hostile towards me and threatened to tattle on me. He even said other students paid him money as well so he would keep quiet. I only paid out of fear because I didn't want my school to find out. He also blocked me on social media so I don't contact him. I blocked him back on everything as well, so he doesn't harass me. Needless to say, I don't think I will be getting my money back.

I feel so stupid because he has all our conversations on Gmail, transactions on Hulu, etc with my real name. It's my own naivety & cluelessness that got me in this predicament. Why couldn't I have done some research on better writers? Why couldn't I have made a separate paypal to pay him? Why did I use my email that contained my name? Why did I even tell him the school I went to??

I feel like a fool and I just want to die because I don't want my school to find out about this.