hi has anyone written for Academia Research?

hi
has anyone worked for Academia Research. with all the scams doing the rounds just wanted to check before wading in.

I have occassionally done a few essays for them. What do you want to know?

Google search:
google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22Academia+Research%22+fraud+OR+scam+-site%3Aacademia-research&btnG=Search

EssayScam.org search:
?phrase=academia-research

Academia-Research.com hires writers for intentionally deceptive MasterPapers.com, which is owned and operated by Yuri in Ukraine.

Hi,
I've been freelancing for 12 years and am working for A-R now. For 3 months there were no payment delays, but let's see in a future...

I cannot agree. My experience has been different. They have a lot of orders. But they cringe to pay, cut corners, cheat wherever they can. At the same time, they are not blatant cheats like so many other companies I can name. I wrote for an American company and after accepting all the essays, when the payment time came, they simply put me out of the company. Academia wants to be in business; but do not mind losing a writer even for as little as $40. If you give any reason that you might stop writing for them, they do not make your last payment. Most of their writer live in India and Pakistan and some of them write quite well. Please be careful about your payment.

Freelancer posts good things about a known fraud and has only one post on the forum. Hm...

MM, I think you'd be better off listening to Frostat.

Also, I can add: All those people, Jessica, Olivia, Sean, James, John, Melissa, Linda and many more have Chinese accent. Now, I am not suggesting even for a moment that a person from non-English country should not run a business or should not write. I am only saying that people leave and go, and the next person who replaces him, takes his name and you don't know with whom you are dealing. Sometimes, it is like talking to people with amnesia, as they simply don't know what happened earlier, despite having the same names. It is all very confusing.

Getting the payment out of them is very very difficult. Please work for them only if you don't get a job anywhere else. Essay standard is nothing great either. You have to be very careful. The moment you get an email saying: "Sorry, billing company very busy. There will be delay in the payment this month" etc. you should stop writing till you get your salary.

Having said that, I also can add once again that they are not blatant cheats, just dodgers if they can get away with it and want to continue essay writing.

This is tough trade, pal!

Hey,
my first experience was very tough as they say wire transfer was not available till 100$ limit had reached...Wanted to get rid off first... The payment did arrive, but with some delay due to bank, as they said. All is going well till now...

thanks guys just wanted to know about the payment details, its so difficult to trust anyone in this business

THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. THIS HAPPENS VERY OFTEN AND THE PROMISE AT THE END IS USUALLY FORGOTTEN:

Payments: Payment Delays for Writers

Dear Writers,

Due to certain technical problem, which had occurred with the processing of the payments, we are experiencing a slight delay with the issuing of compensations for pay date of March 10, 2008. As of right now the problem has been fixed and we are currently working on the issuing of your payments. Before the end of the day (March 13, 2008) all payments will be set to processing.

Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconveniences caused by this delay. We would also like to inform you that most of the payments for the pay date of March 25, 2008 will be issued in advance as a compensation for this delay.

Sincerely,

Administration

Academia-Research.com
tel: 1-646-810-8655

I am also awaiting my payments, the administration will call and message ruthlessly to get the work done on time. But when it comes to payments area, they simply wont address the messages like we writers were a smelly pig.

We are the ones who do the hard work and burn our night PCs.
What the hell!!

Jaspreet,

Agreed. You receive rude messages and calls for the work; but no reply for the payment enquiries. All these companies live off our hardwork.

Yes mike.. i had been working with academia. Its a great site.

Academia-Research.com is fraudulent, and I have years' worth of evidence to prove it! Try searching in this forum and elsewhere.

Richard,
only god knows what they are upto.
I feel so helpless at the system right now. i do not want to work more, all the motivation`s gone. I have sent back all my work and waiting for my payment. I am being ignored.

They, after cheating many times earlier, still owe me money and any correspondence about payments goes unanswered.

keep trying and pinging them frostat.
But afterall, they will have our deepest most heartfelt sorrows which will stick with them like bad omen.(it is as told in our culture, anyone who occupies the money of someone else`s hardwork pays back it in diseases and medications.).

But i know they dont care a bit, they will know what i am talking about now.

Dear Jaspreet,

I wish it would really happen!

The American company which cheated me when I was dying for money, Project1stclass that cheats all gullible writers, and even Master papers....Coming to think of it, Project1stclass people should be bedridden for another sixty years with terrible pain that cannot be controlled by any kind of painkiller....... I am finding it very uplifting and hilarious. Sorry to be morbid. Still it is nothing compared to the hurt they inflict on others.

Thanks for brightening up my morning.

haha. frostat, hilarious it is for me too.
But am too hurt like other writers.
I as well as all the writer community is not against any company that follows strict ethical and professional behavior reinforced with humane concern as well as air of belongingness for everyone. This freelance field can become very productive if everyone comes together and work in harmony and with honesty.

God keeps us in every situation in life to teach us something about life.
(i think god is now saying to get some physical job and just not sit idle on a PC ;P)

one advice more frostat. please think about the name of the company for which you are applying. If it not completely reflects the image of the company, it gives atleast a weak idea behind the company`s brand value.

What American company cheated you?

Perhaps you are right. Will do that. Still, one cannot avoid the humour in the situation, however annoying it is.


Lavinia, it was an awful experience. I have erazed them from my mind. But I can dig it out if I go through old files. It was something like essaywriters.net or essayrelief. I will let you know soon. Give me a few days.

Thanks Frostat, I'd like to know b/c I haven't heard of any writers having problems with companies based in the U.S.

As an American, you might not have. But if you were writing from Britain like me, or from any other country, they know that you are helpless. Even Academia, which still owes me money, is supposed to be American.

They pay in dollars. I will definitely let you have the name. I was keeping all the depressing details; but deleted quite recently. I am sure the name will be there somewhere.

You must ask Asian writers. They will tell you how often they are cheated by American companies.

I think that part of the problem may be that these fraudulent companies lie about being American, Frostat. At least, the ones that you have mentioned so far, like EW writers and Academia, are NOT American, despite the fact that they lie to consumers and writers about being American.

I'm not saying that it's not possible that you got cheated by an American company, but the ones mentioned so far are frauds that are not in the U.S.

If a writer does get cheated by an American company, I'd be happy to do what I can to help them pursue ways to get paid.

Lavinia,

Thanks for that offer. I will keep that in mind.

I can understand a company rejecting essays that are badly written and not paying. They too have to survive and cannot pay for rejected essays. But I cannot understand companies not paying when the essays are accepted by the customer and the company. Recently Academia sent messages to a writer, who is my friend, that severe complaints were received on two essays and they cannot pay. This is despite the fact that the message from the customers say how happy they are and those messages are still on the board!

You could be right. Academia takes people only for their American branch and pay in dollars. So, naturally we assume that they are an American company, as they say so. This particular company, who was Ok for one or two years, is steadily troubling writers now.

People, people, people . . . . I don't understand why writers do not simply conduct an investigation of a company PRIOR to submitting an application. I have already provided extensive evidence in this forum that proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the following:

1. essaywriters.net (bestessays.com and superiorpapers.com) is based in Ukraine, and owned by Yuri and Olga.

2. Academia-Research.com (MasterPapers.com) is based in Ukraine, and owned by Alexey (former partner of Yuri).

3. EssayRelief.com is based in Pakistan.

All three companies are proven frauds.


No American company would do such a thing. Disgusting.

While I agree with you that perhaps these companies are lying to us and continue to do so through their sites, claiming to be American/British companies, I cannot agree that no American company would do such a thing. There are good and bad people/companies in every country.

Anyway, it is not important. What is important is finding good companies, write for them for a start and become excellent research writers. I am not particularly proud of the job I am looking for. But right now, I do not have a choice. Eventually I would like to write research stuff.

Until I see proof to the contrary, I stand by my statement. Don't you think that if I were wrong that EW_writer or similar cronies would have shown proof by now?

Frostat, please ask the Asian writers. As I said earlier good and bad companies exist everywhere. It is not a national slur. I do not like to get into your evidence/proof business. Even reading your unending conflicts with EW etc. exhausts me and usually I skip it.

Funny, I addressed you as Frostat!!

Our ridiculous names are hilarious and confusing both!!

hi writersbeware,
why not start our own writing company.??
if we can network together all the writers.

I am an Asian writer, and i dont think that the tag you have put on them is totally justified, although acceptable to certain extents.

People from here tend to bite off more than they can chew, and they f**k up with it. However others are persistent and hard working like any writer in the world. I am sure there would be such writers among the US and UK writers also, and for the record, it does not count for the writer reading this message ;P.

I cannot see anything wrong in writers from non-English countries writing in English. All that matters is the hard work and the sincerity. I am sure the language and knowledge will improve with time and serious work.

That's hilarious. Working as a PROFESSIONAL WRITER IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE is not a paid apprenticeship! You can't learn-on-the-job and intentionally FOOL unsuspecting customers into footing the bill! Customers aren't paying for YOUR self-enrichment! If you want to "brush-up" on your English writing skills, take a freaking class!

Customers are paying for SEASONED, PROFESSIONAL, NATIVE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WRITERS. Stop lying to them and ripping them off!

Don't know about heaven America. Here in humble Britain, I have met many writers, who belong to different origins, but write as proficiently as any British writers. Their accent could be different; but writing skills are superb.

I am deeply hurt with all these scams. :( I'm actually getting anxious about Allwriting.net. You can read my store here: https://essayscam.org/forum/wc/freelance-writers-beware-academicessays-absoluteessays-342/

I don't know why other people would do these to you. The least thing that they could do is try to be honest if it's getting harder for them to pay up. As for me, I really wouldn't mind waiting for some time before my payment goes through, as long as I'm assured with it. I don't want to be left hanging at all.

ya i did and it is a scam i have worked for them for three months but they never pay! they use to say customer is not happy or the paper is plagiarize and they dont even provide proof against all this........... dont waste ur time working with academia-research.com .......... they are damn...............

They have paid me on time so far, two paydays for a total of $550. I hope that doesn't change. They wired me the money about 5 business days before their listed payday so that I would receive it on time. I could care less if they are based in the Ukraine or Ethiopia as long as they pay me my cash. Those two paychecks really restored my faith in this 'industry', with all the gloom and doom around I almost quit. For now, I'm glad I didn't.

For the last poster, I don't mean to be rude or anything but if the level of grammar and spelling shown in your last message is applied to your essays, I won't be surprised if there would be an adverse reaction among your clients leading the company to hold your pay.

A few casual and objective observations:

1. They made me a premium writer a couple of weeks ago, and I distinctly remember that they had a "premium writer" link (apparently removed) where they elucidated on the benefits on being one. Supposedly, a premium writer gets a higher CPP and could get any order at will. Turns out a premium writer could only get 4 at a time. Still a decent proposition though, as you could get choice subjects without having to compete with others. As for the higher CPP, didn't really notice any difference. Shucks.

2. When you get a repeat customer, you would supposedly get a 20% bonus on the order. I had three repeat customers last pay cycle and I never got any bonus. I'm still waiting word on this.

3. The number of orders have gone down dramatically over the past week. While I haven't really felt its effects as I'm busy with my day job, I am really curious as to why this is happening. I can only empathize with those who write full-time; the lack of choices make it all the more difficult.

4. I have had a pretty decent experience so far with their support staff. However, past couple of weeks they seem to be less visible than usual, and seem to be harder to reach. I wonder what is up.

So there. My Academia experience has so far been generally positive, which makes me all the more believe the "selective compensation" theory I have read in one of the earlier posts. While the intrinsic shadiness is enough to spook anyone (the phone number that is next to the impossible to get through, the empire state building address that has since been removed, etc.) for me the most important thing is that THEY PAY and that it is ON TIME. I will be the first one to post here if they didn't. They really seem bent on staying in the business, and as long as the money keeps coming they're okay in my book.

The semester is just about over for most colleges and universities in the US. Many schools are having their commencement ceremonies in the next week or two.

Yeah? essaywriters.net owner is from Ukraine, same as Academia-research, so I thought they should have at least the same policies. i work for EW and i have gone from reserver to usual to premium in a month (which should say a lot about how i operate.ahem), and right now, i can take as much as 15 orders at a time. i wonder why its different for academia? :-?

School is out for the moment, which explains the decrease in the number of orders, but classes will resume by August, so heads up!


Good for you! I hope you continue having good experiences with them. just be honest when dealing with these guys because they give an eye for an eye. if you work good, they pay on time. otherwise, say goodbye to your chances of ever getting your pay. sucks for those who cry over getting scammed by EW or any other essaywriting companies they've worked for. maybe they just dont work honestly enough, or maybe they just dont have the persistence to fight for what is rightfully theirs. instead, they waste their energies going around forums narrating their sad stories instead of reserving it for demanding for their pay with their respective companies. *sighs*

Thanks for brightening up my morning.

About 400 of my orders were repeat customers and I never received the bonus they said they will give us. However, since I am in the process of bringing legal action against them, I am not concerned. I will bring them to their knees in more ways than one.

1) never paid the bonuses which they stipulated
2) Employer fraudulently assumes an alternate identity when speaking to writers (employers cannot do that by law)
3) failure to pay in a timely fashion
4) failure to pay for completed orders
All of the above are grounds for a lawsuit as they are in violation of fair employment laws.

However, will not kid myself and claim that a lawsuit will bring them down - shake them up but not bring them done. So, to destroy their reputation - at least for an extended period of time, I am doing the following:

have compiled a list of 108 students who have submitted work that they ordered via academia (masterpapers, customessays, grandessays, etc. ... all of the names they operate under) and the universities they attend. For each of these students, have prepared the assignment details, as ordered, and the work they received. Will send it to the Academic Integrity Committees at their universities - in other words, 108 students who have had dealings with masterpapers (and all Alex's sites) will get into a heap of trouble. So, plan is to bring them down by having students fear coming near Alex's essay-writing services and by having universities issue warnings to students about dealing with masterpapers, etc.

to those who say just work honestly with Academia and all will be ok - for 3 years I did just that and have received more positive feedback and more repeat customers than any other writer. I can assure you that no writer has anything close to the 514 reward points I accumulated just last years alone. My work is clean and top notch. I am the only writer who wrote for them in English, French, German and Spanish (as a first language, mind you). I always allowed them to talk me back into reconsidering my decision to leave whenever they would act up. However, having been scammed just one too many times by them, I left. No, the longer you stay, the worse it becomes.