Star Outsourcing Alice P. Did not pay after ordering more than $700 of articles Internet

 I was hired via Elance to work for Star Outsourcing. They appear to have hired around 25 other writers at the same time. I worked for them every day, all day, turning down other jobs, for one week. The sixth day after having started, they didn't appear on Skype as arrange (they were extremely active before this) and I went to Elance and discovered their profile was gone. I immediately sent my invoice. They appeared several hours later on Skype and tried to get me to keep working. I told them I'd found bad reviews (Ripoff Report was down, but I found other sites) and that they were making me very nervous. I was told that they had a dispute with another writer and that was why their profile was invisible and there was no cause for alarm. They told me that they would pay later that same day, two days early and I should relax and keep working. I refused, saying I would after being paid. There was no further communication. Since I did not use WorkView, Elance threw out my dispute for over $700 owed. I lost several other jobs because of this and my budget was destroyed, since I had hired childcare so I could work longer hours. This company is not only scamming writers, they are ruining lives. Do not be tempted to work for them!