Exposed: The Shocking Truth Behind Scammer Promises to Aspiring Authors!
This past week was maddening as Facebook was deluged with another tsunami of scams at a level that I have not seen in 17 months of predator hunting. It is beyond dumbfounding. Worse? Federal AND state law enforcement have done NOTHING. We report the scammers again and again, and are ALWAYS met with silence.
If guarantees of Best Seller Status or 100% Satisfaction appear truly genuine, one simple move will reveal that such offers are disingenuous, and merely a ruse or trap. Ask the company to place your payments in escrow (an escrow agent of your choosing) until either promise is achieved. They will, of course, refuse. They will, instead, request you wire money to them (one such scammer offered to have someone “pick up a check” from the author’s house!). NEVER wire money to a company. ALWAYS use a credit card so you will have a much better chance of getting your money back once you realize you’ve been duped. If the company claims to not take credit cards, or uses the old “our credit card system is broken” excuse, THEY’RE A SCAMMER.
