Scam Recovery

No more Praise 

A Sailor's Love

Tonight I contacted a firm who claim to get money back from a scam.

While I cannot prove the set up for my eBook (above) was a scam; there were aspects which made me wonder, after the event.

Why did a bestselling writer in the USA contact me?

Why didn't she say how she found out about me?

Why was her Twitter profile deleted days after the "supposed" contact?

Why did her "agent" change her name, then stop contacting me after two weeks?

There is also the fact of the 50% jump in the price of the deal we made, with the added charge of $50 for adding the book on Amazon.

When I saw what her agency had done, my reaction was OMG!!!!!!! I can do better using the KDP software; they ruined what had been a good cover. The title, and author name could NOT be seen.

Not Nigeria again :(

Was I being bullied?

                                                                        A lot of Interest

I have come to attention of readers in Nigeria according to one lady who was supposed to promote my book (above), the book is getting a lot of attention, the question is where, all I get is a lot of attention from book promoters in Nigeria who know less about books, than I do about sex on Mars.

I can't prove it, but I think it was a scam, she hasn't been in touch from mid-July when she posted her link to the book on Twitter, and she doesn't go to the site now.

The writer who pointed me in her direction has also had her account terminates, after harrying me to spend a further $50.00 to have the book added to Amazon, when I had already paid $150.00, after being told it would only cost $100.00

Was I being bullied?

 The Terminator

                                   Terminated by X

This month, I think two writers on X had their accounts terminated for crossing the line between aggressive marketing, and bullying. Both are bestselling writers trying to coax me to spend more than I wanted.

They aren't the only people trying to use their celebrity status to influence me, last month Gal Gadot attempted to scam me into buying her children a Steam game card.

X - the Terminator

The first author who was guilty is Linda Lael Miller who with her agent Lina Cruz AKA Joy Mautin used her status to scam me; it was my fault for falling for the scam, after a 15-year struggle for recognition as a writer I was desperate for a break, and it cost me $150. I had my suspicions soon after Lina and I settled on the price, I agreed to $100, and when she upped the price to $150 I should have pulled out.

The second writer is Tricia O'Malley who tried to get me to buy a website to increase the sales of my eBook selection. I realise $9 a month is a small amount to pay for the possibility of greater sales, but it is more than I earn at the moment in a year, so I cannot justify spending over $100 even for one year.