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p I am a professional writer, and I get paid to write content for peoplersquo;s blogs, website, advertising campaigns and other projects, and I have recently been the victim of a scam artist that took my content and never paid me for it. This was a complete nightmare at first and I felt so angry and upset that someone would betray my trust like that. I am telling you because I want you to know what to look out for, and how to deal with it if you should ever end up in the same situation./p/p
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p class=MsoNormalUnfortunately unlike in other areas of work, there are no companies such as a href=http://eniginscambusters.com/Enigin Scam Busters/a, working to expose scam companies or people, and usually you will not know who the scam artist is until you are the one that has not been paid for your work! I was contracted privately through a forum, to complete a 20 article job lot. I completed my work and sent in my invoice, then days later I received an email from Paypal saying that an Echeque had been paid in to my account, but had problems with it. I contacted the lady, who sorted the problem, and payment was completed. I was then given a much bigger task, which I completed, and received the same Paypal message. I received two more large orders for work, and as she had sorted the problem before, I did the work, expecting the problem to be resolved. It never was./p/p
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To cut a long story short. The lady in question (who I later found out went under a number of different names) disappeared. I then had to copy scape all of the articles that I had written, and find out where they had been posted, contact the website owners, and offer two options. The first was that they took the content down so that I would use it, and the second was that they pay me for it. If they did not comply I had to file a DNC against them./p
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I Love Writing

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p style=text-align:justifySoon after finishing university with a degree in IT, I landed up in call centers where I was assisting customers, selling products, making collection calls and finally supporting dell customers with their hardware and software problem. I enjoyed the last one very much, it paid well and obviously a lot of fun adds up when you are paid well. Life was fun, but also stagnant. A creepy feeling always came into my mind that may be I will be working in call centers all my life and this feeling was not helped by the elderly who sat and took calls with me./p/p
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p class=MsoNormal style=text-align:justifyI am not saying that working in a call center is bad; it is just that it was not what I wanted to do with my life. Call centers did help me with doing something I really liked to do, which is interacting with people, but a part of me still wanted to get into something that would really allow me to speak out my mind and would also pay me for it. Getting into a singing career or for that matter acting would not have met my immediate needs, but there is something else that I got into that I really loved and it was freelance writing./p/p
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p class=MsoNormal style=text-align:justify;tab-stops:338.5ptThe benefits of freelance writing are many, but so are the disadvantages. While it allows you to work anytime and any where you want, it might not be there for you every time you need money. This is when you start looking everywhere, including a href=http://www.printdesigns.comdisplay stands/a for adverts of writer required. However, this is one job where you can start making money fast, even if itrsquo;s not always a lot. The most important part for me about freelance writing is that it allows me to express myself on many topics and I even get paid for it. I only hope that every time I write it would positively help not just the client I write for, but also the readers who spend their time reading my written work. /p/p
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Russia + The UK = ?

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Our dear Prime Minister have finally made a step ahead of his predecessors - he visited Russia as being the first UK PM to do so after the spy scandal between the two countries almost 12 years back. The conclusions from the visit are clear - Britain needs Russian money desperately, it actually needs any money from anywhere. However, cooperation with Russia is crucial since while the West is getting poorer, the East is growing strong and mister Cameron is clever enough to realize that./p
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The meeting between the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and the UK Prime Minister was an official way for both countries to exchange certain diplomatic warmness after the spy scandal of a double agent that totally disrupted the relations between the two countries. However, both leaders showed great respect to each other and even though tough questions remained unanswered during the meeting and the press conference, an improvement has begun. brWhy is Russia so special? Russia is special in so many ways to the UK - mostly because Russian billionaires are becoming an impressive percentage of the rich population in the country and their money is necessary worldwide. Russian social elite are generally quite attracted to the UK - from buying property to developing any sort of business including even a href=http://www.carter4.fr/R4 3DS/a data readers.This is why by ensuring strong political cooperation and international tolerance, the UK can benefit quite a lot from the Russian high class businessmen. brAnother strategic advantage in this political move is that the UK is a main player in NATO and the EU. And Russia knows that - being in good relations with the big boys makes you part of a powerful pact that you might benefit from. And even though Russian PM Putin might disagree on this, democratically oriented Medvedev knows how to play his political parts. brLe us hope that the good relations between the two countries would strengthen and that further cooperation would be achieved. This is the only way for Europe to avoid any future financial cataclysms and improve itself in many social and economic directions during the upcoming decades./p
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