Stop Scamming Authors

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GIF created by Nevi Ayu E.

Authors are being targeted with scam emails - fake book clubs, fake publicists, fake fellow authors - that prey on our vulnerabilities, often right at the moment we have a book come out.

They're becoming harder to spot - which is why I've built this tool.

The moment you think an email sounds too good to be true, come here to add the data to our shared database. Not only will you find out if the sender has already been flagged here as suspicious, or whether the content of the email sounds like a scam - you could be making the next author safer with your contribution.

The suspicious email

Sender's display name

Sender's email address *

Subject line

Email body (paste the full email) *

About you

We collect your name and email so we can verify reports come from real authors and follow up if we need more detail. We don't share your information with third parties.

Your name *

Your email *

Your publisher (optional) — helps us verify author status

Right now, this tool isn't able to spot more sophisticated grooming because it doesn't use an AI layer that could do that. What do you think - should we keep this AI-free, but accept it won't work as well at spotting scams? Or do you think an AI layer is acceptable here to better detect scams? The choice is yours, and in a few weeks I'll make a decision. *

Yes, add an AI layer in the future No, don't add an AI layer

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I've built this tool for free because I'm a fed-up author trying to create change where other systems have failed. Signing up to my mailing list genuinely helps keep it running. I don't spam: no more than once a month, often less, only about things I've built and announcements worth your time.