What one author learned baiting a book-marketing scammer: 50 pitches in 33 days
A sci-fi author traps a "book-marketing" scammer who stole another writer's identity, and in doing so exposes an outreach pattern founders should recognize instantly. Fifty-plus fake pitches landed in 33 days, all built on flattery, vague promises, and numbered Gmail accounts. His dead giveaway? The scammer thought he was a 400-year-old playwright who couldn't possibly have written his own book. Worth reading before the same script reaches your inbox.