Three Indicted and Internet Domain Seized in $44 Million Nationwide Book Publishing Scam Targeting Elderly Authors
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SAN DIEGO – A federal grand jury has charged three people with defrauding elderly authors across the United States of almost $44 million by convincing the victims that publishers and filmmakers wanted to turn their books into blockbusters — but only if they paid some fees first.

A federal grand jury has charged three people with defrauding elderly authors across the United States of almost $44 million by convincing the victims that publishers and filmmakers wanted to turn their books into blockbusters — but only if they paid some fees first.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I have been repeatedly accidentally targeted by a similar scam, sometimes getting a voicemail every single day because they somehow think I’m my late father, who self-published multiple books.

    I’ve never even written a book.

    It annoys the fuck out of me, so hopefully this is at an end- but considering the accents on the voicemails, I’m guessing it isn’t because the scammers hitting me aren’t even in the u.S.