Guest Blog Post: Can a Flawed US Legal System Discourage Fraud? A Look at the PageTurner Scam Prosecution

In December 2024, the FBI arrested the CEO, VP, and an associate of PageTurner Press and Media, one of the most prolific and predatory of the many Philippine publishing scams. The government determined that over the course of six years, PageTurner–which did business in the Philippines under the name Innocentrix–defrauded nearly 900 writers of more Read More
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https://writerbeware.blog/2026/06/19/guest-blog-post-can-a-flawed-us-legal-system-discourage-fraud-a-look-at-the-pageturner-scam-prosecution

#GuestPosts #OverseasScams #Lawsuits

Elder Data Trafficker Draws 10-Year Sentence

A massive data scam that compromised the personal info of over 7 million elderly Americans has landed its mastermind, 57-year-old Troy Murray, a 10-year prison sentence - a major victory in the fight against these heartless crimes. Murray, who went by the alias "Steve Dixon," was found guilty of running a scheme that sold sensitive data, including names,…

https://osintsights.com/elder-data-trafficker-draws-10-year-sentence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#DataTrafficking #ElderAbuse #WireFraud #OverseasScams #Conspiracy

Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses

I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whether they have a literary agent. I’ve posted a number of examples below. Apologies for so many images, but I wanted Read More
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https://writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/watch-out-for-this-scam-impersonating-editors-at-major-publishing-houses

#OverseasScams #PublishingScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams

If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam

You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/if-a-famous-author-calls-hang-up-anatomy-of-an-impersonation-scam

#MarketingScams #OverseasScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #Nigerianscams

Army of Bots: Deeper Into the Vortex of Nigerian Marketing Scams

I’ve published a couple of posts now about the tidal wave of AI-driven marketing scams from Nigeria that has…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/10/20/army-of-bots-deeper-into-the-vortex-of-nigerian-marketing-scams

#MarketingScams #OverseasScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #Nigerianscams

Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/return-of-the-nigerian-prince-redux-beware-book-club-and-book-review-scams

#MarketingScams #OverseasScams #Nigeria #Solicitation
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Return of the Nigerian Prince: A New Twist on Book Marketing Scams

Marketing scams have always been plentiful. Over the past year or so, though, they’ve really surged. I’ve written about one type of marketing…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/08/01/return-of-the-nigerian-prince-a-new-twist-on-book-marketing-scams

#MarketingScams #OverseasScams #Solicitation
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Two to Avoid: Book Order Scams and Fake Reviews

Scammers are nothing if not inventive. As writers become wise to their techniques, they invent new ones. Here are two newish frauds that appear to be on the rise. As with most writing scams these days,…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/05/09/two-to-avoid-book-order-scams-and-fake-reviews

#OverseasScams #Bookreviews #Solicitation
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Guest Post: My Twenty-Four Hour Dream

I’ve written many scam case studies and investigations on this blog, all of which reference and/or describe writers’ direct experiences (while protecting their identities, as Writer Beware always promises to do). But when…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/04/25/guest-post-my-twenty-four-hour-dream

#OverseasScams #BooktoFilm #Impersonation #Solicitation
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A New Scam to Watch For: “Pre-Paid” Agent Commissions

As I’ve discussed to my readers’ exhaustion, as well as my own, impersonation scams are rife these days. Scammers are impersonating real, reputable literary agents, publishers,…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/03/28/a-new-scam-to-watch-for-pre-paid-agent-commissions

#LiteraryAgentScams #OverseasScams #Impersonation
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