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LITERARY LIARS: Not even my crime exposé book shielded me from these scamsters

Daily Maverick · 11 September 2026 at 01:43

LITERARY LIARS: Not even my crime exposé book shielded me from these scamsters

Your book is published.

It sees a flurry of international interest – except the interest is from scammers pretending to be literary agents, joining the multitude of other online cons harnessing the power of AI.

Take it from me, not even books exposing organised crime deter these cybercrooks.

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