I Paid a Fake “James Patterson” $20K—What Happened Next Will Shock You!
I didn’t have long to wait. The name that screamed from my in-box exceeded famousness. It couldn’t be…but it was! It was James Patterson!
I’ve been targeted by scammers pretending to be romance writer Sarah J Maas, mystery writer A. J. Rivers, and even Elizabeth Gilbert, but I couldn’t believe any scammer would have the balls…ahem, audacity to impersonate James Patterson! Can you imagine James Patterson, New York Times bestselling author of almost-countless books, Emmy award-winner, and media celebrity whose name and visage are familiar worldwide, wooing some unknown writer at 4 a.m. with insincere flattery from a generic Gmail account? Here “he” is! [My comments are in brackets. All other material is presented exactly as it was sent and received.]
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