Be on the Lookout for AI Bots in Our Forums and Our DM's

[pmmg]

Well, writers are not known for being rich but they are after money. Maybe they want to steal a written story but…. If i cant sell it, neither can they. Maybe they’d do me a favor. Plus, they can just steal my story from KDP and i would never know.

Just say no. It the only practical policy.

 

[ThinkerX]

In my (painfully gleaned) experience, they are after fees for their fake book club, optimization, reviewers, or whatnot. The best will put forth just enough effort to keep the fees rolling in.

Big giveaways: They will insist on bank transfers or extremely suspect PayPal accounts. The Nigerian ones are fond of words like 'kindly.'

 

[pmmg]

Ah...they got their hooks into you once?

I've been zapped by things in my life, but so far, not a book scammer.

 

[ThinkerX]

Ah...they got their hooks into you once?

I've been zapped by things in my life, but so far, not a book scammer.

Twice, to my shame. I was naive and they were expert manipulators, proving the illusion of progress.

I almost lost my Facebook because of one, but I did get the wensite and a few reviews from the other.

 

[pmmg]

Live and learn, without mistakes, we cant really do that.

 

[A. E. Lowan]

You guys know I've said for years that no one is going to steal our work? Yeah. These guys are not only after the money in our pockets, they want our WIPs and finished manuscripts. Why? Because they want to publish our work as theirs and get the money. Sometimes they will change titles and names and that makes them harder to find, but it gets better. When we do get to where we're ready to publish, Amazon refuses the upload because they already have the book, but now you get to prove it's yours.