Inside the Shocking Rise of “Celebrity Author” Scammers Deceiving the Literary World
The unwary authors receive a PM (Private Message) through Facebook or another platform, or they receive an email, or even a phone call. (The first link below explains how they use AI to mimic a real voice.) The impersonator lavishes praise about the author’s book, offering to help the author promote it because the celebrity has successfully done so with his/her own books in the past. The first contact makes it appear that the celebrity will do it for free because he or she loves the book so much!
