Book scammers love writing groups. Writing groups are great – they are full of friendly writers sharing information and encouraging each other. They are also full of inexperienced writers, and for scammers that makes them easy to find. They pop along and join in and in a friendly way they introduce their scam as though […]
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Three ways to spot scams aimed at writers.
HOOK I’ve just been reading some posts on a writing group over on Facebook. The opening post was from a man who claimed to be looking for coauthors. On his initial post he said ‘no experience or up front fees.’ He also referenced his own website. The site was ‘under construction’ and full of spammy […]