Via @victoriastrauss: "Yet another in the growing catalog of AI-driven writing scams from Nigeria: a multi-layered marketing/editing referral scheme that begins with a message or email from someone purporting to be a well-known author"

Please share; help your fellow authors not fall for these costly, soul-destroying scams.

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https://writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/if-a-famous-author-calls-hang-up-anatomy-of-an-impersonation-scam/

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

You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’s this? An email from…Suzanne Collins? The Suzanne Collins? This can’t be real, you think. Why would Suzanne Collins be contacting youRead More

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Via @victoriastrauss, warning of another publishing scam alert out of Pakistan.