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In this week’s episode, Brian and Angela welcome friendly and feisty Bob Wahl to the podcast!
Bob is 91 years young, and is the author of five books. He contacted a company called Authors Hike / AuthorsHike.com to help promote his books.
After paying them $4,000, he was shown a web page that had a graphic of more than 1,000 (fake!) “orders” for his book. Author’s Hike then tried to scam Mr. Wahl into paying to have those books printed.
He reached out to WritersWeekly, which, of course, exposed Author’s Hike’s scam to the world.
When Author’s Hike realized they’d been exposed, that’s when the threats and attempted extortion began…
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Authors Hike / AuthorsHike.com:
- Authors Hike / AuthorsHike.com Tries to Trick Author into Paying for Copies Ordered by NOBODY!
- Scammer Authors Hike / AuthorsHike.com Goes NUCLEAR on Victim After He Reported Them to WritersWeekly!
- EXTREME WARNING! Authors Hike / AuthorsHike.com is Now BLACKMAILING an Author!
Books by Bob Wahl:
- Contending with Horses
- Riding The Powerful Winds Of Life
- The Story of Saskatchewan School No. 99
- Bob – The Prairie Son: A Journey Through The Forties
The Fake Book Orders!
- Author’s Hike’s “Settlement and Renegotiation” (EXTORTION!) Contract!
- Author’s Hike’s RIDICULOUS MANIFESTO that they posted on the author’s website that HE paid for!
- 11 Ways to Know If a “Publisher” or Other Service Provider is an Overseas Scammer (You’ll probably only need to check #1 to prove it!)
- Episode 31: A Brave Publishing Scam Victim Shares Her Story After Losing $18K – This author lost her website to a scammer, too!
- LIES USED BY SCAMMERS TO ENSNARE AUTHORS: “Guaranteed NYT Best Seller!” and “100% Money Back Guarantee!” By James M. Walsh, Esq.
- Get your book published by BookLocker, which is in its 27th year, and IS located in the U.S.!
- Do you think you might be getting scammed? CONTACT ANGELA RIGHT AWAY!
- Need AFFORDABLE legal advice? Contact James M. Walsh, Esq.
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Good for you, Bob! I am having a blast telling scammers that I am not spending any money on Instagram in 2026. I get responses like:
“Why?” (block)
“but for only $20” (block)
…sends copies of thankful chats… (blocked…especially because of bad English)
…answers contain bad English or spelling… (block)
and so many more! It’s my new 2026 hobby!
HA HA HA! Good for you, Thea!!! We’re hearing from other authors as well who are having fun reverse-scamming the scammers! 😉
Angela
Yep. I emailed you with one trying to promote my writing book haha. I already have Angela the Best.
Good for Bob! I get a few here, investigate the information, then cancel immediately. A few in Arizona, have fallen to one or two scammers on the email, one was romatice of marrage. She lost everything, including the house and personal items. He says he was in the Navy and stationed in Iran. Congratulations on running down another scammer.