No, but I have stopped thinking about it. I've realised how foolish I was, in every aspect of my behaviour, and as WB requested I have (quite rightly) refrained from investigating further. I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to anyone who might have been offended, upset, or misled by my questions and my comments. I was in the wrong and I see that now.

I would particularly like to apologise to WB for attempting to involve him / her; to ********* for any distress I may have caused them; and to the owners of Essayscam for (I suspect) breaking the terms and conditions of their fine site. In fact, sites like this are vital in the battle against the criminals - as seen by the threads concerning fly-by-night operations in Africa, Ukraine, Pakistan... the list sometimes seems endless! And of course there are some on our own doorstep, in both the US and the UK, who should be exposed for what they are, and I believe this site is one of the most valuable in that regard.

Now if you'll excuse me...

WTF?

No, not a sausage.

On their site, they say it might take them up to 3 days to reply. By Monday it will have been 4, and if they haven't replied by then I'll try again.

If they don't reply after another 4 days (i.e. after 8 days), I'll report them to the Federal Trade Commission and any other relevant body. After all, they're legally required to put their physical address on their site.

WritesBeware, you're very hot on stuff like this, do you know anything? Why aren't ********* willing to answer a simple question about where they're based?

There's a war? Quick, someone call the Essay Warriors!

I was wondering if you know whether it's a legal requirement to have the postal address on the website? It definitely IS here in the UK, is it the same in the US? If it is, aren't ********* being a little naughty?

Anyway, they haven't got back to me yet. Must be very busy, bless them.

Just looked at their site and you have to contact them for their corporate address. Has anyone ever done that?


Scratch that, I somehow summoned up the energy to do it myself. Sigh.

Don't be stupid, of course that's what she was saying. Regardless of the legal situation in various countries and US states, it IS morally wrong to buy essay from websites, we all know that, and it was clearly reflected in CNN's report.

When a student comes on here and moans about being ripped off, I have little sympathy because they were ripped off while trying to rip off their university / college.

Fastcustomessays.com and dissertationsandassignments.com are a known bolloxsite, spamming the boards here with promotions. There are good essay sites out there (no recommendations allowed, of course), but fastcustomessays.com isn't one of them.

I know a guaranteed, 100% bullet proof way to make sure something like this doesn't happen to you

If I were a customer looking for help in this particular industry, I think I'd rather go with an over-priced company that delivers rather than hand my money over to some cheap fly-by-night UVO-style operation.

I have no interest in defending AA's sites, but at the same time perhaps it's not lawteacher.net that's over-priced, but sites like essaywriters.net that are ridiculously under-priced?

Hey RESEARCHER (roflmao), instead of coming on here and trying to promote your blatant rip-off, why not spend some time sorting out the copy on your site? I'm sure it won't be long before there's some VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE to prove that this is nothing more than a rip-off!

Based on what? Even some of the Ukrainian scam sites are more impressive.

Then I shall launch 'MicroApple' and crush you! :)

Out of interest, what's the modus operandi for a site like essaywarriors? How many orders would a site like that get in a week, compared to say ukessays or *********?

How do you go about referencing an essay you've bought from an essay site, then?

In the bibliography, I mean. What do you put?

Yes, it's - tzzk - nice when everything's ok now, isn't it customessayservice.info?

Quite a few small grammar and syntax errors on their homepage, but not as many as is often the case. They seem more reputable than your average Ukrainian job, but that's not saying much. However, there are a lot of niggling little errors on their site, not enough to damn them, but even a couple of errors is bad for a site supposedly selling its wares in academic writing. If you go ahead, I'd be interested to hear how it goes.

Good point, better snap up the good ones while they're still going. I see essayweasel.com is up for grabs... essaymonkey.com, sadly, has been snapped up and parked. See? Gotta get in there quick...

Cheers for sorting that one out then, mate.

Since an essay ordered over the internet is delivered electronically, does it not count as an intangible purchase?

If so, I think chargebacks are virtually impossible, as per the wording of most cc company t&c.

Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm speaking from a British perspective.

Bestessays do seem like one of those strange Ukrainian operations, customessay.co.uk has a bad rep, but I've seen no evidence that ukessays or 24houressay are not UK-based. Whatever faults they may have (and I have no info either way), from Whois etc. they're clearly British.

Please note: this is NOT a recommendation!

Here's... something:

The owner of fastcustomessays, kiran thomman, has a site here:

kiranthomman.com

but also this religious site:

joshuageneration.org

Busy guy, must be hard to find time to fit in communications with God and scamming students...

This is a ******* ridiculous thread.

WB, your defense of Academic Thesis Writer has sometimes bordered on the insane in the past, but this time you've crashed over the line and become such a parody of yourself, I briefly wondered if someone had hacked into your account.

On this particular topic, my friend, I think the game is up.

A friend of mine once died in a mudslide.

Write the ****ing essay yourself, that way you'll know it's not plagiarised

Sure. I'll check back in a decade or two

I doubt anyone with a decent career would waste their time posting here :)


This is getting interesting!

My reaction too. I can't understand how anyone could ever get sucked into something like that!

Can I just say that I don't care if WB writes for *********, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Maybe he/she does, maybe he/she doesn't, although I've yet to see any solid evidence, just lots of accusations. Seems there's a core of people on here who just can't let this one go...

I'm not WB's biggest fan, but I think this is one accusation that's consistently fallen flat. I think he/she means well (WB, I mean), just shouts a little too much too often

It's a blogspot site, what were you expecting?

If someone's claiming to be from a Turner company (i.e. CNN) and are e-mailing from a turner.com address, I'd relax and trust that they're from Turner. Would ukrainian gangsters really go to so much trouble?

WB's right, Agent Andrews. Better get on a plane to Ukraine if you really want to get to the heart of all this.

Btw, rustyironchains, what are you babbling on about? Sucked the wrong end of the pen again?

supreme essays seems to have been copy edited by a retard

Honestly?

Looks like it was set up by a child. Beyond that, no idea if it's genuine or not, but I note that certain people on this site are fanatical in their defence...

How many words? How much did you pay?

I agree too. In fact, I think it's the law, at least in England (where I am). If there's no address and they're a registered company (or are claiming to be), you can cause them no end of trouble by reporting them for not having their address prominently displayed.

If they're not a registered company and aren't claiming to be, there's no requirement to have the address on the site, although I certainly would be wary about any site that wasn't forward with that kind of info.

I can't be bothered to go and look, but I'd bet a lot of essay writing sites are flouting the law in this area...

It's kind of cute, very 1996. Perhaps they're going for that vibe on purpose?

Do *********! Let's find out once and for all if that's a reputable site, 'cause despite all the arguments on this site I still have no idea...

mind you, the scammers seem to have quite flashy websites, whereas *********'s looks like it was put together by a child, so I'm inclined to believe they're genuine... great logic, eh?

Where did you buy the essay?

I agree. It would be very interesting to read an impartial review of some of the more (in)famous names...