Exposed: The Shocking Author Scams Preying on Writers Today – What You Must Know Now
The Introduction to another scammer.
One of the more tedious setups. (I see about fifty of these a day; they’re everywhere!) The poster usually drops into ongoing posts on social media and offers to introduce the original poster, or those participating in the discussion, to their publishing guru or marketing specialist.
The book contest.
In the last month and a half, I’ve won three major book awards – despite not having entered any contests at all! They send a congratulations email and demand $15 for a badge and $25 for a small plastic trophy to ‘display on my shelf of joy’ as one scammer called it! As well as being crazy, it devalues every book contest winner I see now, since I have no idea whether they won anything.
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