Essay Writing Website Scams: Beware Writers and Students

If you’re a freelance writer, you love to write and would love even more to be able to pay your mortgage with your superb mastery of the English language. You run an internet search trying to find paying opportunities to show how you can shine and you notice an infinite list of essay writing companies. First, you’re already starting to realize that the essay writing websites’ bulk of business comes from college students who wish to have their term papers written for them. Still, that darn internet bill needs to be paid so you read on.

Most of the essay websites offer $5 to $16 per page depending on the quality and timeliness of the work. That means a 10 page term paper could possibly produce a profit of $160 for you. Sounds ok, right? Well hold on there for a moment. As you read through the rest of the website you notice you don’t get paid until you reach somewhere around $400 in dues. If you want to get paid under that number, you are required to pay a fee in order to get paid. Then you realize there are fines for a multitude of reasons, none of which are technically verifiable. For instance, if the customer complains about your work, you are docked a dollar or two per page. If you only earned $5 a page to begin with, fines could be cutting your pay nearly in half!

However, that’s the least of your worries because as easy as it is for the company to fine you, it’s just as easy for them to never pay you. Payment inquiries are typically ignored and the only thing writers are left with is a fresh memory of “The Causes of the Great Depression” or a paper analyzing why America is in a state of moral decline.