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Old 09-07-2010, 09:07 PM
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Lol, I'm just trying to figure out how every Wahm member could be a scammer like he says his project manager claims. How exactly do a bunch of writers scam clients when they typically send the article before they even get the total payment? Kind of a crappy scam, I would think.
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Old 09-07-2010, 09:19 PM
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I think he is saying that that everyone who posts a job here is suspected of pulling a scam, so why not those that offer jobs think that everyone who posts is a scammer? if that makes sense, it may be getting too late for me to be coherent
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Old 09-07-2010, 09:34 PM
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I remember this guy from January AND February of this year. Here's what smells like crap to me:

1. No one hijacked a thread. Someone recognized his name and did a quick search, then posted relevant and useful information on the thread as a way to bring others up to speed (especially since this thread reads similar to the ones at the beginning of the year).

2. The OP jumped up on a high horse telling some he was the best lead they'd find:

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I emailed him, asked about payment. He asked me how much I wanted. I expressed my pay rate and he agreed. When I asked for title or topic, he said I would have to come up with that. He has posted on here before. I'm going to give him a shot and see if he does in fact pay. That way all writers on this site will know. I'll keep you all updated.
I am REAL. Yes. I just do not have time to come here and CHIT CHAT about my business/life and other drama I like straight work and payment. I hate to waste even a second of my life doing something not productive.

I am spending my time here to answer all questions because I want to prove everyone wrong that thinks I am here to waste time.

I am the best lead you can get. I make probably more than what Demand Studies can dream of. And they pay Pennies to writers. If you want to work with those DS guys for pennies then that is your decision. However I am real and yes I do buy 10s and 1000s of articles a day.
The reply above that one tells someone he's the best lead also...

3. In an older post (Jan/Feb) he thanked someone for pointing out the FTC guidelines and TOS.
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01-13-2010, 01:29 PM
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Thank you for the links. I didn't know about this new implication. Wth really!!! Please contact me even if you write or do publication on other sites like ezine or whatever.

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However, NOW he says that he "knows these sites like the back of my hand". If that's the case why thank someone for clarifying *again*:
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Be careful with this one. I sent an email late last night and was responded to quickly. The information I received said that they're looking for writers to add articles to ehow, bright hub, suite101, and work.com. I declined it because I know most, if not all, of those sites forbid outsourcing in their TOS. So just tread cautiously. Pay wasn't mentioned in the reply email, but seeing how most of these are rev share sites I'm not sure how they would be paying. He mentioned there were other sites, but he couldn't remember the names.
Thank you for clarifying. You said no. I am not sure if I showed up at your place and still asked you to write for us. You said no then that is good. Thanks for telling me about rules.
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09-06-2010, 10:52 PM
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I would say not to pursue it. This person is violating contracts with BH, Suite101, and DS (since all eHow articles go through them) and is paying writers less than what they would make if they wrote for the companies directly. This is similar to the WPLH scam that recently occurred./
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I wouldn't get this far. I know these sites like back of my hand and have worked with most of them in their marketing department. Thank you for your concern.
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Old 09-08-2010, 04:57 AM
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Great points, BerryWriter and gottaluv4.
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