If you're an author these days, you're getting at least five emails a week from people who claim to be book club presidents, social media experts, Goodreads gurus, and more. The shadiest ones are "I like your book. Can you tell me more about it?"

It's only designed to hook you in with flattery, so they can sell services. But how do you tell who is legitimate? What if you overlook an opportunity because you're wary of the scams?

This week, I have seen this email going around where an email from rebeccalogan.editorial@aol.com purports to summarize your book with an easily recognizeable churned AI summary and then claims she wants to know about your current and future literary projects.

Now, it's getting insidious when scammers are impersonating real people or real book conferences in the guise of extracting money from you. 

This real literary agent Rebecca, had to even put out a statement about it. 

Whoever is impersonating her didn't know I wrote a cyberbullying prevention book on an entire chapter around impersonation. 

Always Google the name and title someone sends you to see if any legitimate listing comes up. Then do it again with the word "scam" in the search bar. Chances are, if someone else has fallen for it, they'll put out a statement about it. 

Stay vigilent and keep writing your best work!

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