Brutkey

Jürgen Hubert
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social

A general warning to the #AmWriting community: There is a new type of #scammer active on #Facebook, and I have reason to believe that they are active on #Mastodon as well.

These scammers pretend that they are famous authors, and claim that they want to "assist you on your writing journey". Which is odd - why would "famous authors" want to start a new account just to help other authors, instead of their own works?

No doubt this approach is intended to get you to spend lots of money on some "consulting service" which will get you "additional sales and reviews". So be aware, and be deeply suspicious of anyone contacting you out of the blue who pretends to be a famous author.

#Scammer #scam #writing #WritersCoffeeClub #WordWeavers #ScribesAndMakers
#PennedPossibilities #WritingCommunity

A Facebook post with the following text: "New author scam (well, new to me). It's pretty obvious but they're bumping it up. I have gotten three emails recently, each one from a relatively famous author. Ruth Ware is the most recent one. It starts with a bit about the author, and a 'link to one of my favorites' and 'my full catalog on Amazon' (I didn't click either link) Then, 'I'd love to learn more about your book and writing journey. Feel free to share a link!' Not sure what those links will go to, but it's well-written, grammatically correct, and the email is the author's name, '.author@gmail.com' which doesn't seem outrageously spammy. A baby author might easily be flattered into thinking a more successful one might be interested in them."
Vesperys
@vesperys@mementomori.social

@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social Might as well just do a writing course at the Open University if you're going to give anyone money