2026-08-13 18:42 UTC
Of recent the amount of scam emails, from scammers posing as publishers or agents or book marketers, has grown tremendously, almost two or three a day. But what gives them away is that they are very long and tend to describe my works in too much with vague details, and are full of praise. Editors who approached me previously keep their "praise", and emails, very short. "I liked your story in this place and want your stuff in my place." No flowery language.
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Replies (3)
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@GavinChait@wandering.shop 2026-08-13 21:07
@dilmandila@mograph.social don't give them ideas 🫣
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@mloxton@zeroes.ca 2026-08-16 17:20
@dilmandila@mograph.social Seen the same thing. One claimed to be from a well-respected publisher
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@rwwh@mastodon.social 2026-08-16 18:49
@dilmandila@mograph.social every mail starting “Dear professor” can go straight to the bin, as I never got that title/role and likely never will. I am amazed how long the emails with praise can be without really mentioning *any* particular item they like. All bland nonsense not addressed to anyone in particular. We like “your paper”. Apparently actually reading my recent papers would consume too many AI tokens.