Slave trade alive and well ...

... at least on some websites looking for freelance writers. Here's the latest "atrocity":

I need an Excellent writer to write 3-5 articles daily of 500 words.
I will give you work everyday at 8 am L.A. Time and you would have to send it to me at 11 pm(the same day).
This is a long term project for a year.I am willing to pay $3 per article.MONEY WILL NOT BE IN ESCROW and will be paid on every FRIDAY.
However,to build trust,i will pay for the first 3 articles as soon as you deliver them and i have checked them.They should be FREE OF ERRORS, NO GRAMMAR OR PUNCTUATION MISTAKES ,SHOULD NOT BE COPIED FROM A SITE(CHECKED THROUGH COPYSCAPE),in perfect english.If your samples are good but the work delivered is not up to the mark,PROJECT WILL BE CANCELLED IMMEDIAELY>

Work should pass copyscape and should be free of errors and grammar mistakes.Any work that is poorly done,is copied or has errors will not be paid and project would be cancelled.If you fail to meet a deadline,your pending payments will be cancelled so ONLY APPLY IF YOU CAN WRITE 3-5 articles of 500 words A DAY.
You will have to search online so your research skills should be good.

YOu should know about copyscape.Only bid with 2 samples of your work.
You should be a native to bid.Do not bid if you are not from Canada or USA or australia. Please,YOU WILL BE WASTING YOUr BID AND TIME>Work delivered at 8 am and to be submitted at 11 pm LA Time USA.Work is 6 days a week.If you want to work a sunday that is fine too.Also,kindly bid with $250.I am fed up of people bidding $30 and then vanishing after a feedback.
Thank YOU.

DO NOT BID IF YOU CANNOT WRITE OR SPEAK IN THE SAME WAY AS IT IS DONE IN US. Do not bid if you are not in my time zone please or cannot manage the time.
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YOU Will just be a ghost writer and cannot show the articles as samples or publish them with your name any where.All rights will be tranferred to me and will not be claimed as your work.
PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE IF DEADLINES ARE MISSED FREQUENTLY OR WRITER IS NOT RESPONDING.

Yes, he does need a good writer, I'll give him that – for someone who "screams" at his readers about accurate grammar, etc., he knows precious little about spacing, punctuation and presentation.

But also look at the price: $3 an article of 500 words. He wants 3-5 articles delivered every day by 11pm – netting the writer a whopping $9-15 a day! What is more, he plans to put his name on all those articles; the writer receives no credit whatsoever.

I also find it funny that he thinks, apparently, that Australia is in the same boat as Canada and the U.S. linguistically.

What American, Canadian or Australian who meets all those criteria would be foolish (or retarded) enough to work for a lousy $9-15 a day under such conditions?

Comments

[Emily]

Yes, I've seen plenty of those before. It does not surprise me whatsoever. First he says the potential writers must be from USA, Canada or Australia!, but then he says " do NOT bid if you are not in my time zone"... *giggles* Australia is in the L.A. time zone, I bet. Well, Werner, it is possible he will catch some native English speaker-writer to do this, if this writer desperately needs to pay his bills or alike. Sad, I know :(. The main issue I see here is that whoever accepts working on such a project actually degrades everyone else's price immediately. I had had many offers like this in the past, which I would always kindly reject, never mind how desperately I needed my pay. Desperation attracts egoists, cons and scam. So, I would advise everyone to draw the line for such semi-buyers. But draw just ONE LINE.

[Werner Patels, M.A.]

No matter what happens to that job posting, that guy will, if he finds anyone at all, get exactly what he "pays" for ...

[Emily]

Well, take a look at his own writing, punctuation etc, and then ask yourself whether such a person can tell the difference between a good and bad writing?

[Werner Patels, M.A.]

Haha, but I can already tell where this is headed. No matter how good or bad the writer ends up being, he will find something to criticize and thus default on all payments owed to the writer. One of the oldest tricks in the book ...

[rafael]

PROJECT WILL BE CANCELLED IMMEDIAELY>

So, does this mean we should not pay him for his job post? :-)