Here's more on different versions of this scam. It is wild (and a policy failure) that essentially our whole electronic lives from cell phones to email are just enshittification and fraud now
Publishing Scam AlertsAlert: Rise in Email Scams Targeting Authors Our 2026 update explains what to look for and what to do if you’ve been targeted by a scam. Scams are an unfortunate reality in the publishing world. To he...authorsguild.org