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Tuesday 22 December 2020

Mysterious phishing scam is targeting novelists for their first drafts

Photo of old typewriter by Marco Verch

Here's a weird one: For the the last three years, a phishing scam has been targeting authors of fiction, getting them to cough up copies of their new manuscripts.

The scammers have been sending emails to authors — ones like Margaret Atwood, Ian McEwan and James Hannahan — pretending to be from the author's editor or an agent, and asking to see a copy of their latest manuscript. — Read the rest



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