“Unmasking the Truth: Is Facebook Turning a Blind Eye While Scam Publishers Cash In on Your Trust?”
I watched helplessly as my colleague fell prey to a publishing scam orchestrated by PublishingMojo.com. Adding insult to injury, my elderly colleague subsequently bit on a Philippine marketing scam promising to exponentially increase his book sales. Brutal.
It has become evident that many of these predatory sites are interconnected. A single “entity” will cast a net using multiple domain names in an effort to snag as many unwitting, naïve, and elderly aspiring authors as possible. A perfect example is a recent exposé by WriterBeware.org. A single, nefarious “entity” that has 28 domain names, is using John Grisham and J.K. Rowling’s pictures as literary exemplars of its own work product (which is, of course, illegal).
