Yet ANOTHER “Book Fair” Scam!
The company promises to display my book in a famous annual book fair.
author scams
“Celebrity Author” Impersonators Are Fooling Unwary (Real!) Authors
Celebrity author wants to promote your book? Nope! It’s a scammer!
Is Your Favorite Writing Group on Facebook Being Moderated by a Scammer?
Who are YOU sending your money to?
I got a call from CBS Radio! Or, did I???
Are you familiar with this scam?
EPISODE 7: 9 New and Nasty Scams Targeting Authors
Angela, Brian, and attorney James M. Walsh dive into online scams targeting authors, exposing foreign schemes and sharing James’s own fascinating experience with fraud.
Fraudulent “Recovery Firms” and “Law Firms” Are Scamming Previously Scammed Authors By James M. Walsh, Esq.
Con artists are now posing as recovery firms – promising to recoup swindled funds.
Scammer Word Stratum / wordstratum.co / wordstratum.co.uk Tries to Hookwink Angela, and Gets Smacked HARD For Doing So!
This guy wins the “IDIOT OF THE DAY AWARD!”
NEW SCAM! “Pay us $26K and we’ll stock 3,500 copies of your book in 150 stores!”
This week, we saved another author THOUSANDS!
EPISODE 6: How AI (Artificial Intelligence) is Getting Writers, Students, and Even LAWYERS into Trouble!
Angela, Brian, and guest Professor Clayton Jones explore AI’s unsettling impact on writing, education, and law—and what it means for professionals in these fields.
HA HA HA! When Scammers Pitch Article Ideas to WritersWeekly…
At what point do you think I figured out this was a scammer?