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Fake film deals and emails from top agents: who is behind the explosion in literary scams?
Source: The Guardian · Published
Writers are being bombarded daily with invitations from fake book groups and offers to publicise their work. For the scamming industry, aspiring authors can be a soft touch • This piece first appeared in the Dial ‘Hello Professor Snigdha Poonam,” the email began. I read that again. Nobody has ever called me “professor” for the obvious reason that I am not a professor. Bracing myself, I read on.…
Key points
- Writers are being bombarded daily with invitations from fake book groups and offers to publicise their work.
- For the scamming industry, aspiring authors can be a soft touch • This piece first appeared in the Dial ‘Hello Professor Snigdha Poonam,” the email began.
- Nobody has ever called me “professor” for the obvious reason that I am not a professor.
- Bracing myself, I read on.…
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