[Content site] MF Publishing London

Anna Magdalena · Feb 19, 2009

Don't feel bad. I don't think your copy will be plagiarized. The worst I think that will happen is you'll be send details of an information package which you may have to pay for. If so, don't. I don't think this website of reviews will ever materialise, though. They'll make their money by selling these packages. This is only conjecture based on my experience of similar things.

If they get back in touch, please keep us informed. And enjoy being part of AW. There's loads of information and friendly helpful chat about everything to do with the writing business. I've been at it for over 15 years and I'm learning all the time.

new2freelancewriting · Feb 19, 2009

Thanks Anna - don't know if this one is a similar thing http://us-ukreview.com/
It's floating a lot of sites right now. I'll let AW know if I hear back from MF

TheRightEyedDeer · Feb 19, 2009

new2freelancewriting said:
Thanks Anna - don't know if this one is a similar thing http://us-ukreview.com/
It's floating a lot of sites right now. I'll let AW know if I hear back from MF

Yup, that us-ukreview.com operation looks nearly identical to what MF Publishing London was trying to set up. Their web site's a lot nicer, though!

The mailing address for us-ukreview -- 23 Castalia Square, Docklands seems to be a mail drop location (as is the address for MF Publishing London):

http://www.setup.co.uk/prices.html

TheRightEyedDeer · Feb 19, 2009

I just checked to see who owns the us-ukreview.com domain name:

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WHOIS information for: us-ukreview.com:
[/FONT][whois.tucows.com]
Registrant:
identity-secured.com
See http://www.identity-secured.com/ for details
N/A
N/A, N/A OO0 0OO
GB

Domain name: US-UKREVIEW.COM

Administrative Contact:
Secured, Identity [email protected]
See http://www.identity-secured.com/ for details
N/A
N/A, N/A OO0 0OO
GB

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 05-Feb-2009.
Record expires on 05-Feb-2010.
Record created on 05-Feb-2009.

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WHOIS information for: identity-secured.com:
[/FONT][whois.tucows.com]
Registrant:
Heart Internet
2 Castle Quay
Castle Boulevard
Nottingham, Notts NG7 1FW
GB

Domain name: IDENTITY-SECURED.COM

Administrative Contact:
Internet, Heart [email protected]
2 Castle Quay
Castle Boulevard
Nottingham, Notts NG7 1FW
GB

Technical Contact:
Internet, Heart [email protected]
2 Castle Quay
Castle Boulevard
Nottingham, Notts NG7 1FW
GB

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 27-Oct-2008.
Record expires on 21-May-2017.
Record created on 21-May-2007.

Looks like this operation doesn't have an office and they've protected the identity of their domain owner quite well.

I'm always extremely leery of companies who go out of their way to hide who they are.

Carole Baldock · Feb 24, 2009

mfpublishing

As Editor of Kudos, formerly Competitions Bulletin, which includes all kinds of opportunities along with contests, I always try to double check all entries. Likewise posts on www.kudoswriting.wordpress.com

Yes, MF indeed. This little lot, which in fact I spotted on only 1 other website, did seem too good to be true.

But it's amazing what turns up when you Google 'XYZ + scam', so thank you everyone for these posts.

TheRightEyedDeer · Apr 19, 2009

Bumping this thread as MF Publishing is still out there soliciting work from writers. Tread carefully.

Mildred · Jun 9, 2009

TheRightEyedDeer said:
Yup, that us-ukreview.com operation looks nearly identical to what MF Publishing London was trying to set up. Their web site's a lot nicer, though!

The mailing address for us-ukreview -- 23 Castalia Square, Docklands seems to be a mail drop location (as is the address for MF Publishing London):

http://www.setup.co.uk/prices.html

Were you offered a writers job with this outfit too? I was sent an email letter a couple of weeks ago offering me a position and asking me to look at this website for developments with the project. I was absoluely estatic when I got it but not so sure now.......

Anyone else received a similar letter?

Mil

CaoPaux · Aug 1, 2010

No activity after initial recruitment campaign.

[Content site] MF Publishing London

Anna Magdalena

Your friendly cynic

new2freelancewriting

TheRightEyedDeer

the land of black flies

TheRightEyedDeer

the land of black flies

Carole Baldock

TheRightEyedDeer

the land of black flies

Mildred

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