A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations that make it seem the sender (always with a Gmail address, always presenting as a marketing or PR expert) has really read the book,Read More The post Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams appeared first on Writer Beware.| Writer Beware
A Corona man was charged with patronizing a person for prostitution, criminal solicitation, and child endangerment for allegedly asking a 14-year-old girl to perform a sex act in exchange for money.| QNS
As if writers didn’t have enough to contend with, the past couple of years have seen a huge rise in scammers posing as literary agencies. I’m not talking here about the imposters who “borrow” the names of real agents and agencies (though they are certainly part of the same problem)–but about scammers who set upRead More| Writer Beware
