I interview authors for KUOW. Now scammers are pretending to be me.
At least 43 authors got fake interview pitches. Some were asked for hundreds of dollars, with AI-generated writing and images helping sell the scam.
She’d been preparing all morning but was confused about the format the interview would take and whether there was a video element. She left a voicemail asking for details to be sent by email, text, anything.
I called back and told her the truth: There was no interview scheduled for 1:30. By then, I’d known for nearly three weeks that someone was impersonating me and contacting authors. that afternoon. She’d been preparing all morning but was confused about the format the […]
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