Fake Penguin publicist catfishes bloggers (to get reviews for her own book)
Beware a publicist bearing false credentials. The YA blog world is dealing with a catfishing situation. A blogger named Jon at Bookish Antics, writes of the odd bait and switch (that,… Read more »
Serial scammers prey on aspiring authors with fraudulent publishing services
In the latest dispatch from the world of publishing fraud, a California couple has pled not guilty after being charged with, among other things, a publishing services scam that allegedly netted them $300,000.… Read more »
The Fake Scholastic Swindler pleads guilty
The long, sad story of the Scholastic School Swindler has taken a big step towards its conclusion. Robert S. Armstrong, who devised a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of… Read more »
Fake Scholastic Swindler suspect arrested, revealing a tale of pizza and woe
You may remember when we reported on the fake Scholastic textbook scam, in which schools received phony invoices from “Scholastic School Supply LLC” for books they hadn’t actually purchased. The Daily… Read more »
Fake Scholastic scammers are trying to rob New York schools
For a company that’s won the coveted F rating from the Better Business Bureau, Scholastic School Supply isn’t giving up their dreams to scam money out of schools nationwide. They’re… Read more »