| ophelie |
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Jan 10, 11, 12:56PM
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I came across essaydom.com, known also as searchdom.com and essaydom.co.uk due to the fact that my dad passed away recently and I couldnīt write my assignment properly. I wanted to have a writer setting out the frame and I would have worked on the paper. After reading their webpage, checking refund policy and T&C, I decided to give them a call phone checking their phone calls etc. Iīve talked to a certain Danny Garfield (is probably a fake name) who assured me that they have retired professors (written also on their page) as writers and they guarantee excellent writing. Should I be unsatisfied, they will revise my paper accordingly . Should I be still unhappy, which he certainly can assure, would not be the case,a 100 % refund will follow (mentioned also on their webpage). He asked me to send my assignment requirements on his email address dgarfield@papersdom.com so as he can forward it to the writer to make sure they can meet the deadline (ordered on the 3rd January delivery the 6th), furthermore I should log myself in their system, so as he can inform me (chat system) whether everything is fine aand to make payment. I paid with my CC ( received an invoice from them mentioning Educationsp.com)and waited for my assignment which never came, I therefore sent him an email requesting my paper which was shorthly uploaded on their website. To my great disappointment the returned assigment was completely out of context. Since then Iīm trying to contact them and of course no answer as they blocked my IP/ telephone number from their system (a friend of mine logged in their system and she could talked/chat with them. They didnīt reply to all my emails where Iīve reported that I will write on different forums relating my experience. I have filed up a complaint with my credit card company and Iīm waiting to know whether I will get my 216 USD back. I woul dhighly appreciate hearing your comments.
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| smirk |
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Edited by: smirk Jan 10, 11, 01:23PM
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Do you have the record of correspondence with that company? Your bank my ask you to contact the merchant first, so there should be some proof that you did.
Let them (writing company) know about the fraud complaint you made, this can make them change their mind and issue a refund, since chargeback is a thing to be avoided
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| ophelie |
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Jan 10, 11, 01:32PM
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Thank you for your comments. I have photocopied my emails but the bank didnīt ask me for proofs. I have had to fill up a form mentioning the reason and they told me they will retrieve payment.
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| WritersBeware |
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Edited by: WritersBeware Jan 10, 11, 01:33PM
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Essaydom.com / Essaydom.co.uk = 100% fraudulent sites from Karachi, Pakistan
Ophelie, all you had to do was conduct some simple research before ordering.
Search - Essaydom
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| ophelie |
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Jan 10, 11, 01:58PM
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Unfortunately I came across this forum after I ordered my essay. Iīve just tried to get them on their chat system through another name, another laptop. Hereunder chat conversation.
Von: Admin [mailto:care@papersdom.com]
Gesendet: Montag, 10. Januar 2011 20:49
An: nadja
Betreff: Transcript of your chat
The following is a record of your online chat.
General Info
Chat start time Jan 10, 2011 2:37:04 PM EST
Chat end time Jan 10, 2011 2:49:14 PM EST
Duration (actual chatting time) 00:12:09
Operator Brandon
Chat Transcript
info: Please wait for a site operator to respond.
info: You are now chatting with 'Brandon'
Brandon: Welcome to Papers Dom. How can I help you?
nadja: hi Brandon
Brandon: yes
nadja: can you help me with my essay?
Brandon: if you want to place the order for that
Brandon: then yes I can help you .
nadja: I have been trying to reach your company for days as you NEVER returned my essay and you cashed up the money
Brandon: well you need to contact the customer support for that
Brandon: not the sales line
Brandon: you need to contact the proper dept for that
nadja: NOONE replies from the so-called customer support; they didnīt even reply to my emails
Brandon: May I have your call back number
nadja: I even tried to call them- NO reply
Brandon: and I'll arrange a call for you
nadja: I also requested a call back- NEVER happened
nadja: are u still there or is it the company`s philosophy to stay quiet when they scammed students?
nadja: I will post this thread on many forums to inform about your fraudulent website
Brandon: well
Brandon: we can also take some serious against that
Brandon: but again I am asking you to provide me your call back nubmer
Brandon: *nuber
Brandon: *number
Brandon: are you giving me your number to arrange a call back for you
nadja: give me a phone number and Iīll call you NOW
Brandon: I need your number or call 1-866-328-4688
Brandon: Okay
nadja: I just want my essay.
Brandon: that's Okay
Brandon: call the given number
Brandon: Alright.
nadja: iīm calling you NOW
Brandon: Thank you for chatting. Good-bye.
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| WritersBeware |
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Jan 10, 11, 02:02PM
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"Brandon" is a fake name. He's some lying, Pakistani piece of sh*t in Karachi.
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| ophelie |
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Jan 10, 11, 02:17PM
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I phoned them twice before ordering and 20 times when essay didnīt come and I have not come across indian accent ( I have often worked with indian companies and they have an accent which one recognizes 1000 miles away! Should I have got someone on th ephone with even a slightest accent, I wouldnīt have ordered! Anyway letīs hope the bank will refund the money and I want every student to be aware of this fraudulent site.
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| smirk |
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Jan 10, 11, 02:28PM
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ophelie, no worries you'll get your money back, but that chat was impressive
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| WritersBeware |
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Jan 10, 11, 02:42PM
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ophelie: I phoned them twice before ordering and 20 times when essay didnīt come and I have not come across indian accent
1. They use a call center.
2. Many of their Pakistani phone reps were educated at English language schools in Pakistan/India.
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| WritersBeware |
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Jan 10, 11, 02:43PM
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smirk: ophelie, no worries you'll get your money back
On what do you base that assertion? The company in question is notoriously fraudulent, frequently stealing intellectual property from Web sites and money from unsuspecting customers.
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| smirk |
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Jan 10, 11, 02:56PM
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WritersBeware: On what do you base that assertion?
ophelie: they told me they will retrieve payment.
If this company is not going to refund the money, the bank will simply reverse the transaction.
Of course, there is no way this fact can excuse poor support service or inability to provide the paper after having charged the client.
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| WritersBeware |
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Jan 10, 11, 03:08PM
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ophelie: they told me they will retrieve payment
That's their standard stalling tactic . . . .
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| Advisor2 |
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Jan 10, 11, 08:25PM
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None of those sites even have a local number. No addrss either. That on its own should have rang alarm bells.
B4 u order always call them and firsly listen to the ring tone. That will be the biggest give away as an unfamiliar ring tone means its a foreign co then listen to their accents.
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| ophelie |
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Edited by: ophelie Jan 11, 11, 02:51AM
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Thank you for your comments. I thought I was careful! as when you phone from Europe to USA, the ring tone was"normal" no diversion; I came also to the conclusion that they are using a call center as they didnīt have an "indian/singing accent". As Iīve mentioned in my post I have phoned them before placing order and asked them also about the address- they stated that they donīt meet customers and their writers are freelancers so there is no need to mention it on the web. I have furthermore shown the website, invoice and gave my log- in information to a friend who knows someone who works in the police IT department and he will see whether he can dig for more information.
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| smirk |
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Jan 11, 11, 05:51AM
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What kind of ringtone? All the support systems are employing voip, so there may be no ringtone at all and if there is any, it should not be much different whether you call a guy next door or some place on the opposite side of the planet, it's not a pstn.
ophelie, have you emailed their manager notifying about the chargeback procedure?
what is your bank saying?
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| MeoKhan |
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Jan 11, 11, 06:09AM
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WritersBeware
Can you tell me what makes you so sure about the company being from Karachi, Pakistan?
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| ophelie |
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Edited by: ophelie Jan 11, 11, 07:30AM
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you are right the ring tone is normal as if indeed you are phoning next door! The bank is notified, they will start immediately chargeback procedures. They furthermore blocked the cc. I have reported also the case to the police, even though it might be a waste of time. Some friends of mine have been doing some researches and they found out that essaydom website is hosted by directnic.com also on Facebook; they are using their "Direct privacy" address to avoid their name on whois as well as their cc merchant accounts and they are using a George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1010 address !! I have contacted this hosting company, reporting the fraud and Iīm waiting for an answer...... eventually!!
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| Advisor2 |
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Jan 11, 11, 07:42PM
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Well whether or not they want to meet customers, a genuine company would always cite their address without hesitation.
These scam companies are known to use morgan stanley as a means of payment. They never use high street banks such as natwest, HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds etc. You may ask why ?? The simple answer is they cannot lie to the banks about their whereabouts cos the banks perform very stringent checks
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| Advisor2 |
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Jan 11, 11, 09:50PM
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After typing into google "essay writing service" i find the following companies which look genuine -
ukessays.com
universitywork.co.uk[DND*][DND*]
All of the above have a local phone number, british bank account and are registered with the companies house which means they have to pay tax to the HRMC.
In terms of quality of work i have no idea, but as far as authenticity goes they look the real deal.
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Jan 11, 11, 10:01PM
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Advisor2, you may NOT recommend or suggest any particular sites.
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| Major |
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Jan 11, 11, 10:03PM
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Advisor2: After typing into google "essay writing service"
My only question is which of the 'recommended' websites you're trying to shill. My bet goes to s2papers.com. Are you an agent of that site or the owner? Did you come up with this 'clever' (as you thought) idea yourself or you read about it on some 'make quick buck' forums?
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Jan 11, 11, 11:15PM
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I wasnt recommending them at all. Just making people aware they look real.
Major i have no idea who s2papers are. It is the first time i have seen their website after it came up on google search results. If i was an agent i certainly would not be recommending them whilst mentioning three competitors.
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| ophelie |
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Jan 12, 11, 02:52PM
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Hi everybody,
My bank has advised me today that essaydom has refunded 204 USD and they wanted to know whether they should nevertheless proceed with the chargeback procedures which I refused as I want to forget sooner than later about this bad experience. Thank you for your support and also a big thanks to the administrator of this forum for the offered opportunity to report swindlers...
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| smirk |
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Jan 13, 11, 05:12AM
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ophelie
glad that you got your money back
but i think you may consider spending some time on abuse complaint to their hoster
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| chava |
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Jun 2, 11, 03:46AM
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Hello unfortnately without seeing any reviews i ordered an essay of 3000 words from EssayDom. i gave them one example document as well, which is done by last year student, which i thought that it will helpful for them in making an essay, and after a week i received that order, where the content is all from the example document which i have given them, i asked them about this, they told me that may be writer has been confused, i asked for refund ,Still i didn't get any reply from them. i tried to contact them in chat session, and they told me that my refund is under process,it will take 4 days time to process and now it has been a week, it is not processed still, and today when i tried to contact them they are saying that 65 % of the total amount is approved for refund and he said me that they are facing the problem in refunding the amount back to paypal, and it will take some more time to resolve this issue whicjh takes 5-6 days to be processed. i asked them to give the telephone number of the billing department so that i will speak, but he gave me a fake number which is saying the number is not recognized. and again i tried to contact on support number, which is connected and simply playing an music, i stayed connected for 5 min, but i haven't got any response. i asked them if my refund is approved why you are not sending me the email confirmation, and he said me "may be the billing dept forget to send you the email". could you please advice me now how to get my money back.
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| pheelyks |
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Jun 2, 11, 08:24AM
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chava: could you please advice me now how to get my money back.
Start a chargeback with your credit card company. This has been posted in dozens of prior threads.
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| chava |
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Jun 2, 11, 01:59PM
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I made the payment through Paypal. i have already placed an dispute on this, but i havn't got any reply from EssayDom. Could you please explain how to chargeback
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| pheelyks |
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Jun 2, 11, 02:09PM
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chava: I made the payment through Paypal
YEs, but Paypal probably has a credit card or bank account of yours on file, from which it makes payments. Thus,
START A CHARGEBACK WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY (OR BANK).
chava: Could you please explain how to chargeback
No. I'm done explaining this. If you're old enough to spend money, you ought to be old enough to know what you're doing. It's also something you can google and find an answer to. Lazy and stupid is a really bad combination--correct the former and you'll correct the latter.
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Jun 2, 11, 02:26PM
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Hello sorry, My intention is to get any better idea, and i was afraid if the bank asks me why i am doing charge back, should i tell them that i have ordered an essay? please advice me, that would really help. Thanks
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| pheelyks |
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Jun 2, 11, 03:21PM
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How did you get into college? Seriously, did your family make some huge donation so they had to accept you? Do you have absolutely no critical thinking skills at your disposal, or are you just so unused to using them that you don't know where to begin?
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| Yardie |
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Mar 24, 12, 12:29AM
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Hi, I think I just got scammed using essaydom.com. I tried to stop payment after reading the comments on this site but won't be able to do anything until the bank opens. I wish I had done my research prior to sending the payment. This is a great site and I appreciate your comments/warnings.
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| MeoKhan |
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Mar 24, 12, 02:54AM
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It is hoped that you'd not repeat the same mistake again and would do some research prior to placing an order with a company.
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| Yardie |
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Mar 24, 12, 04:27AM
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Absolutely...that's what I've been doing since. That's how I found this site.
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| d652482 |
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Mar 24, 12, 07:07AM
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:/ Maybe you should wait to see the final product, assuming it is delivered on time, before doing a stop payment.
It's one thing to demand a refund or do a chargeback if a product you purchase doesn't meet the quality that was promised.
But in spite of all I said as to why you might be wary of going through a website service in the first place, if you've already paid and someone has (potentially) been putting time and effort in writing up your request, you at least owe it to them to see how it turns out.
Say you meet a random guy on the street who proclaims to be a fantastic portrait painter and, based on his claim, you pay him maybe $1000 to paint your portrait. Now.. all evidence suggests that he's not going to be that good. Artists who do really high quality portraits aren't likely to work for what you paid. Maybe you ask some friends and they express their doubts. These are all good reasons to not hire him in the first place. Still, you don't sit through hours of him working on the portrait and then, without seeing it, declare you've had some doubts and insist upon a refund.
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| MeoKhan |
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Mar 24, 12, 07:58AM
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That is a well-rounded critique of how one should proceed with an essay order; however, I am just wondering who it is directed to.
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| Yardie |
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Mar 24, 12, 11:03AM
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You're right...guess I'll wait and keep my fingers crossed. I'm actually more concerned about not getting the paper done than losing the money.
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| Yardie |
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Mar 24, 12, 04:41PM
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I just received my completed paper within 12 hours of my order although I paid for and provided a 48-hour deadline. I have read it and it seems to consist of all requirements. I'm glad I didn't cancel my payment after freaking out from all the negative feedbacks and allegations of scam. Thanks d652482 for making the point you did about someone putting in the time to write the paper only to find out they weren't being paid. That wasn't my intention but I panicked.
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