“A Stranger is Offering Me a Loan to Finance My Book Promotion Expenses. Is This a Scam?”
You pay a processing fee, they steal your identity, and you never get that “loan!”
writing scams
WARNING about BritishBookPublishing.co.uk, Which We Connected to 22 Other Websites Using the SAME Address and/or Phone Number! – by James M. Walsh, Esq.
Researching these jokers was like peeling a stinky onion! Layers upon layers!
I Offered (the fake) “James Patterson” $20K for His “Services” and… – by Marsh Rose, Our Favorite FUNNY Psychotherapist!
I couldn’t believe any scammer would have the balls…ahem, audacity to impersonate James Patterson!
The Scammer Who Tugged at My Heartstrings… – by Debbie Roppolo and Angela Hoy
When scammers use issues you are passionate about to try to guilt you into sending them money…
I Am a Victim of the FAKE “The Last Bookstore” 1,000-copy Book Purchase Scam – by Anonymous
I had to pay $9K to their printer, but they promised to send me $15K later!
A Real Example of a Cleverly Crafted Email from a Kensington Books Impersonator
WARNING ABOUT KENSINGSTON BOOKS (THE FAKE ONE) / KensingstonBooks.com!!!
Can a “No AI Scraping Allowed” Statement on Your Copyright Page Protect Your Work? – by James M. Walsh, Esq.
Can YOU save your book from being used to train AI systems?
11 Scams Targeting Authors RIGHT NOW – by David Atkinson
Scammers have turned social media, email, and text messages into the new Wild West for authors!
“Can these companies really get my book into indie bookstores?”
Another author gets saved from “the bookstore sales scam!”
SCAMMERS AND SARCASM! I Made a Promise…and Ended Up SEETHING with Unexpressed Mockery! – by Marsh Rose, Our Favorite FUNNY Psychotherapist!
The temptation to be sarcastic was grueling… Sweat coated my brow!