“Book marketer ‘Lauren Foster’ asked me to wire money to somebody named Abdulkareem?”
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Publishing Scams
A Scammer Asked Us to Change Our Website Listing! And, Boy oh Boy, Are They Sorry Now!!! HA HA HA HA HA!
Stellar Books Publishing now regrets contacting WritersWeekly! What a bunch of IDIOTS!!!
NEVER Pay to Have Your Book Displayed at a Book Fair or Festival! EVER!!
Authors spend WAY too much money for “zero measurable sales or marketing impact!”
“I own a publication, and I was scammed out of $180 by a writer.”
How overseas crooks are scamming companies that hire writers (and other businesses, too!).
EXTREME WARNING ABOUT Beacon Chapter Circle / Calla Rowan
A fake name, a fake picture, a fake “financial assistant,” illegal impersonation, and SO MUCH MORE!
AUTHOR ALMOST LOST $50K!! We Saved an Author from a FAKE “Fox” Movie Deal, Which is Connected to a Known Publishing Scammer! By Angela Hoy and James M. Walsh, Esq.
A FAKE Fox Entertainment Executive, a FAKE WGA screenwriter, and a FAKE literary agent! Are all three the same person???
WARNING from $40,000 Elderly Victim of The Book Professionals / TheBookProfessionals.com
My daughters went undercover, and learned that this company was already on the FBI’s radar!
Money Mule! Has Someone Online Asked You to Innocently Accept Money on Their Behalf? By Angela Hoy and James M. Walsh, Esq.
Could you get scammed online, go to jail, AND lose all your assets?!
Scammers Feigning Interest in Your Book?
Three signs this email was from a scammer.
Out of the Blue, Did a Complete Stranger Create a “Free” Website or Logo for You?
How one such “deal” put an author completely out of business…and worse.