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Plagiarism by Any Other Name…

Deborah Ng — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:29:49 +0000

…is still plagiarism

Writer – Editor?

Reply to:imanassandathief.com
Date: 2008-03-11, 5:12PM PDT
I need a few pages of text “rewritten” so as to NOT violate copywrite laws.
The text in question is just about 99% perfect for my use… other than inserting my name in place of theirs… but, I fear that’s not legal, so, let’s rewrite it to avoid any issues.
Similar is great – plagerism isn’t.
How much would you charge per page? How long would you need to perform task?

Compensation: tbd
Telecommuting is ok.
Principals only. Recruiters, please don’t contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

The Craigslist Curmudgeon is a gentle soul who strives to right wrongs and look out for the best interests of freelancers. I’m a nice person, really, I am. Nothing gets my britches in an uproar more than someone who steals another writer’s work.

It’s one thing to blatantly steal another writers content and replace it as your own. To hire a writer to do a little fine tuning and tweaking to ensure a Copyscape safe environment doesn’t just show thievery on the part of the person placing the ad, it also means a somewhat less than ethical writer is being paid to help steal from his brother and sister writers.

It’s wrong. It’s stealing. It’s ass. Shame on all involved.

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Plagiarism by Any Other Name…

Wanted: Wirter for Paper

Deborah Ng — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:39:54 +0000

Whatever a Wirter is, he’s looking for one:

College paper wirting

Reply to: cheater@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-02-15, 2:11PM PST
I’m looking for someone to help me with my paper for school will talk about the work I need to be done. Willing to pay $50-100 for paper.

Location: Las Vegas
it’s ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Compensation: 50-100

Man. Does anyone do his own homework anymore? This is really depressing. Every time I access Craigslist I find students unwilling to write papers or do homework. Is it laziness?

I can accept there are people who don’t enjoy writing. I didn’t enjoy math but that doesn’t mean I had someone else do the work. Every time I visit a professional nowadays, I wonder if he hired someone to do the work for him. Does it scare anyone else that their doctors or lawyers might have gotten through school paying someone else to do the work?

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Wanted: Wirter for Paper

Nothing Like that Personal Touch

Deborah Ng — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:55:08 +0000

There are many reasons schools request an essay in the admissions process. Mostly they want to be sure you’re a good fit. See, the admissions process benefits all parties involved. Well, except maybe the guy who is writing your essay for you.

Need someone to write an essay (Union Square)

Reply to: cheater@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-02-07, 5:08PM EST
I am applying to F.I.T. and need someone to help me write a essay to impressed the school. this is what the school requires.

The Admissions Office does not conduct interviews. Instead, we rely on your essay to give you the opportunity to tell us more about yourself. Make your essay compelling and relevant to your application. In other words, tell us how your experiences have prepared you to commit to your chosen major at FIT. Feel free to include all activities and accomplishments in which you take pride. Presentation is also important, so keep your essay to no more than 750 words and check your spelling and grammar.

Here’s the thing….

If there’s anything you shouldn’t cheat on, it’s your admissions essay. If this genius can’t be counted on to write his own admissions essay, what’s going to happen when he has to do homework or write a paper? Plus…I’m not saying anyone would do this…but what would happen if someone emailed the above ad from the New York City writing gigs section of Craigslist to the admissions office at F.I.T?

I’m guessing it wouldn’t be cool.

Not cool at all.

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Nothing Like that Personal Touch

$10 for Your Blood, Sweat & Tears

Deborah Ng — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:55:44 +0000

It’s hard to put a price on hard work. Take a college paper for example. Some of those puppies take weeks of research. If you were to put a price on the fruits of your labor, what would it be? $100? $500? $2500? Wrong. Try $10 or $15.

Seeking Submissions of high school, undergraduate and graduate papers

Reply to: ihelppeoplecheat@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-01-19, 5:21PM CST
Publish your college papers online and get paid $10 or $15 for each paper accepted.
Oboulo.com is an online document database, and it is seeking submissions of college papers on a wide range of topics including literature, history, art, math and sciences, journalism, marketing, law and legal documents, and many more.
Authors may sign up online at https://www.oboulo.com/action.php?action=subscribe and submit and publish your documents. Authors will receive $10 per document published. By entering the ambassador number b12094 upon signup authors will receive $15 per document published instead of $10.
www.oboulo.com

Location: Austin

it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Compensation: $10 or $15 per paper accepted for publication

You might be wondering what this site does with your papers. Why, they sell them. Hmm…who would buy a term paper. Oh I don’t know….could it be…perhaps someone in need of a term paper….say a student? Perhaps a student who wants to pass said term paper off as his own? This site couldn’t be condoning cheating, could it? I’m shocked!!!! Shocked I tell you!!!

Further perusal of the site showed each paper to be selling for a couple of bucks. I saw some for $1.95 and others for $3.95. So let’s think about this. The author receives $10 bucks for selling a term paper and the purchaser pays a couple of bucks. I’m thinking there’s not much of a profit margin there.

Ass.

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$10 for Your Blood, Sweat & Tears

America: Meet Your Future

Deborah Ng — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:41:25 +0000

The ad:

Have you receieved a 150+ on your LSAT $1500

Reply to: see below
Date: 2008-01-07, 1:31PM EST
If you can get a over a 150+ on the LSAT I’m am willing to pay over $1500 to for you to take the lSAT test on Feb 2nd. Please call for details…. 858-248-9090-

it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Compensation: 1500+

Next year we’re going to be reading his ad here for someone to write his term paper and sit in on his classes.

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America: Meet Your Future

The Craislist Curmudgeon’s Top 10 Posts of 2007

Deborah Ng — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:29:15 +0000

The Craigslist Curmudgeon has ~~a couple~~ many fans and ~~both of you~~ you’re all very loyal. As a reward, I thought I’d offer a best of piece. Here are the Craigslist Curmudgeon’s Top 10 Posts of 2007.

Lamery With the Olsen Twins – Who knew the Olsen Twins would be too cheap to pay their writers? Even more surprising, who knew this post would receive more traffic than any other?
I Don’t Need My Apartment Cleaned That Bad – Why you’re all interested in a man who does housekeeping in the nude is beyond me. The Curmudgeon has a don’t ask don’t tell policy.
Will Work for Lash Extensions – Need some eyelashes or a Brazilian bikini wax? Trade it for your writing. Here’s a woman so confident about her business she feels it’s worthy of a Wikipedia write up.
Yes We’re Hiring But Not You – An angry woman wonders why no one will hire her. Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
Dirty Laundry – Gary plays a joke on frequenters of Craigslist.
Will Write for Donuts – Well…you won’t starve.
Is This an Ad or an Instant Message? idk. wht do u thnk?
That’s A Lot of Verys – They’re cheap but they have access to grants.
Paging Tom – This is the guy whose ass you need to kick.
Would You Work for This Guy? – He doesn’t want to sound like an ass…but he is one.

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The Craislist Curmudgeon’s Top 10 Posts of 2007

Cheatery

Deborah Ng — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:00:40 +0000

The ad:

$100 for a 4 page paper!!!!!!!

Reply to: gigs-505439410@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-12-10, 11:06PM EST

Need a 4 page paper on the IRONY/or Symbolism/or any other ONE thoroughly explained topic in “the Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe MUST BE DONE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING 9 AM! must have 3 SCHOLARLY sources w/ bibliography!! please contact me ASAP!

* Location: ANYWHERE
* it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: $100

Here’s a fellow in need of some help. You can tell by his use of caps how desperate he is. Oh the IRONY! Can you get that this paper MUST BE DONE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. Will you be able to gather 3 SCHOLARLY sources with a bibliography in time? He’ll make it worth your while at $25 WHOLE DOLLARS a page.

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Cheatery

ISO a Different Kind of Cheater

Deborah Ng — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:25:07 +0000

Normally when we discuss cheatery at the Craigslist Curmudgeon, it centers around spoiled students who are too lazy to do their homework. Today, I’d like to present you with a different kind of cheatery:

Female blogger needed

Reply to: cheatforus@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-11-26, 3:10PM EST

We’re searching for a woman with a compelling personal story to blog for our web site and would love to hear from you if you are:

a. In your twenties
b. currently cheating on your husband or long-term boyfriend (or suspect he’s cheating on you)
c. willing to blog about it anonymously

All we need to know is your first name, age, general location (e.g. New York City area) and a vague description of your occupation (e.g. work in real estate, teacher, etc.).

* Location: anywhere
* it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: Competitive, will be discussed on follow-up

This is the perfect way to get caught cheating. Seriously. What if the husband wants to use the wife’s computer? What if he’s looking for a cool book mark, after all married people have nothing to hide and share everything, right? And what if he comes across his wife’s blog editor or Wordpress admin link? What do we think will happen then? Any woman who is cheating and dumb enough to blog about it, deserves to be caught.

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ISO a Different Kind of Cheater