was working as a freelance writer for a company called Due Now in Alberta Canada. The company deals in term paper writing and sales. DueNow.Com #200, 8657 - 51 Ave Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6E 6A8

The correspondance is only through email , the copies of which I have available right from the day I was hires to date. The company has not paid me since November 2005. The total sum owed to me is US$ $883.10 .

The company has delayed the payment through one pretex or the other. They sent me three cheques from the Royal Bank of Canada. When the cheques were deposited with the bank in India and sent for collection , the bank returned the cheques saying the signatures do not tally. T
he company next sent me an intimation that they would transfer money through western union. When I checked at my end for the transfer , I found that they had withdrawn the transaction on the same date.

Now they have not written back to me since February 2006 and have shut down my account access to their website.www.duenow.com

I have all the relevant documentation in terms of emails , Copies of the bounced cheques and a copy from westernunion collection center saying transfer withdrawn. To top it all the royal bank of canada has charged me a fine of US$ 50

DUE NOW.com is a big cheat...writers beware...the address posted on their site is fake , there is no response to emails...and they just cut you off without paying...All the hard work down the drain.... I tried contacting lawyers in canada ...but they said one has to be there personally ....They sent me three cheques all of which bounced and I ended up getting charged for that....

I tried contacting lawyers in canada ,,,even had a friend check the phone book for DUENOW.com...Some one picked up the phone and hung up on being asked about the payment...If anyone has any contact details for this company or has manged to get paid by them do let me know..

I have not been paid by this company either recently. They started off very good, but now have not paid me for November and December and they owe me a great deal of money. They simply stopped replying to any e-mails I have sent and didn't bother to send payment.

What was the number you called them at? I live in Canada, so maybe I will have better luck, but I need a way to reach them because the phone number that I have isn't working.

How did you find out that the address they posted is a fake? My sister lives in Edmonton and I was planning on visiting her next month, so if I can track down an address, I might stop by the office to see what's happening.

That would be great if you could check...I live in India and that was a great deal of money for me .... The number was from a google search on canada phone numbers for edmonton.....I belive the numbers are different for each area... Do let me know if you get to them ...worked like crazy and dint get paid...

I can send you the emails i exchanged with lawyers in canada and the city and legal aid councils there if you give me ur email id..

Thank you for visiting the Alberta Connects web site. Following is the response to your question prepared by Justice and Attorney General [JAG]

On 2006-08-17 03:32:00.0 you wrote:

Hi ,

Could you please refer me to an agent in alberta ( edmonton). I want to file a suit with the small claims court there. I am gratefull to your team for helping me so far with suggestions . I live in India. I cannot call your referal service. Please give me an email address if possible.
My case history is as follows
I was working as a freelance writer for a company called Due Now in Alberta Canada. The company deals in term paper writing and sales.
DueNow.Com
#200, 8657 - 51 Ave
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
T6E 6A8

The correspondance is only through email , the copies of which I have available right from the day I was hires to date. The company has not paid me since November 2005. The total sum owed to me is US$
$883.10


. The company has delayed the payment through one pretex or the other. They sent me three cheques from the Royal Bank of Canada. When the cheques were deposited with the bank in India and sent for collection , the bank returned the cheques saying the signatures do not tally.

The company next sent me an intimation that they would transfer money through western union. When I checked at my end for the transfer , I found that they had withdrawn the transaction on the same date.

Now they have not written back to me since February and have shut down my account access to their website.www.duenow.com


I have all the relevant documentation in terms of emails , Copies of the bounced cheques and a copy from westernunion collection center saying transfer withdrawn. To top it all the royal bank of canada has charged me a fine of US$ 50

Justice and Attorney General responds as follows:



I would like to clarify a term I used in my first response. An agent is simply someone who acts on your behalf, such as a family friend or a lawyer. I can not find such a person for you. You may be able to hire a lawyer in India who could assist you with finding someone in Edmonton to act on your behalf.

I have come up with some additional information that could be useful.

The company is run by an individual named Dwayne Lafleur, who appears to be a pretty prominent businessman in Edmonton. He owes a wholesale poker store called thenuts.ca, a computer programming company called le.ca, and founded the advertising software Cubics, but appears to have sold it. He is registered with the BBB in Edmonton, although not for duenow.com, and seems to cheat people out of money on a regular basis.

Here are some links to some information on him.

http://www.alibaba.com/company/10287151.html
http://www.adknowledge.com/press120607.php
http://hurdman.edmontonbbb.org/bindrreport.html?bindrlog=N&bid=147426&gid=& gen=&lid=1
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/printthread.php?t=52122


I'm still planning a trip to Edmonton sometime in the near future, but I'm going to try calling, e-mailing, and even snail mail in order to get a response from this guy.

Wish you the very best...I have not given up hope of catching this company either....

hey did u find them???

I haven't been up there yet, since it's about a 12 hour drive and I haven't had the time, but I've looked into a couple of different ways to go about it. I think what I may do is just file a case in small claims court while I'm there. If this happens, I'll be waiting about a year for my money, but I can't just let them get away with this.

I'm also considering stopping by their offices with my father because he what we call an Officer of the Peace in Canada and knows quite a bit about the laws on these sorts of things. All I know for now is that I won't give up.

Grt..do let me know as well...n if you can get the money outta them...the amount owed to me as well...plz take it...i dont care if i never get it..but i want them to pay...:P...All the very best...email me n leeme know

hey ya...any luck??? do let me know if you get a number for them..

Hello,

I am not a writer but I do have a major question about duenow.com. Does anyone know what happenened to their website. I have been a paid member for approximately 2 years with no problems accessing essays until about 4 months ago I am having trouble logging in. I have attempted to send them many emails to find out what the problem is with no luck. Can someone please tell me if they know what's going on with this website.

Thank You,

Laura

Hey... I have been scammed by DUE now. They just stopped answering my emails phone calls n dint pay me around 900 dollars for work done...Do u have a number for them???

Hello,

I did experience a quite myself. When I received the first check I did cash it at my local store but when I went to the store the next day I didn't see the lady working there anymore so I was thinking to myself did they fire her because that was a bad check. She did give me the money for it and that's why perhaps they had let her go. I feel bad for that poor old lady because hear she is trying to work hard and now I caused the problem. I didn' realize until the second check had come and I try to get someone to cash it but they told me this was a bad check so I sent the check to DueNow and they had put the money into my paypal account, which that was good because otherwise I wouldn't get the money that I worked for.

Megan

Hi,

The website of www.duenow.com is not working for writers. They have not paid my USD 1200.

Megan, how have you contacted the management of Duenow as no one is replying the ticket system

Please help

Hi original poster,

just discovered this site, did you find a small claims court agent yet?

M

No, it turns out it would end up costing me more to go through the whole process than what I am owed. This guy is taking a huge risk by not paying people, however, because he has a number of different business interests in Edmonton and if any bad publicity comes as a result of this it could be damaging.

I have managed to track down some additional contact information on him and the email address that he used is ceo@lafleurenterprises.com and other information can be found here http://whois.domaintools.com/le.ca and here http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main/duenow.com.

I really do not know what to do anymore because I can't get a response from him or anyone else at all. It makes me sick how people will take advantage of others, but I guess it just shows the type of person he is.

Hi...yes i did find a couple of lawyers...but i live in india and hence cannot file in small claims ..someone has to follow up personally