I wrote a book about theft and deception – and now AI scams are flooding my inbox | Walter Marsh

2026-03-11 - 22:33

Authors like me are being targeted by AI-powered accounts promising exposure and fake reviews Self-publish and be scammed: Jon’s tale of heartbreak highlights boom in fraudsters using AI to supercharge book swindles My latest book had been out for less than a month when the emails started to arrive. One came from “Elena”, with the tantalising subject line, “When history flutters its wings and reveals a crime too beautiful to ignore.” Then followed a long, florid message about how it was “one of those rare true stories that makes you question everything you thought you knew about history, museums, and human obsession”. Continue reading...