Possible scam?

[PennLady]

Just fyi, I got an an email from a "carola.dultweb at gmail dot com." The text is:

Hello PennLady

I am a wannabe adult webmaster and your story 'Rhythm and the Blue Line Ch. 03' got me all hot and bothered.

I'm putting together a collection of a number of amateur erotica stories to publish for my readers and would like to include your story (and maybe some others if you have more).

I am able to pay a lump sum of around $8 for every story I use and there is the potential for plenty of ongoing need for stories like yours.

Please let me know ASAP if you're interested.

Many thanks

Caroline​

I searched the email address and got nothing, so I have no intention of replying (not that I did anyway). Thought I'd toss this out there.

 

[sr71plt]

Yeah, I got the same message (citing a different story, of course). What would be the scam? It's not asking you to send any money--and your stories could just be copied and used without this offer.

Maybe if it comes back asking for banking information so they can make a deposit.

 

[PennLady]

Yeah, I got the same message (citing a different story, of course). What would be the scam? It's not asking you to send any money--and your stories could just be copied and used without this offer.

Maybe if it comes back asking for banking information so they can make a deposit.

That's what I thought, generally. It could be a more stealthy scam.

 

[Darkniciad]

Potential red flag:

I'm putting together a collection of a number of amateur erotica stories to publish for my readers and would like to include your story (and maybe some others if you have more).

I am able to pay a lump sum of $20 for every story I use and there is the potential for plenty of ongoing need for stories like yours.

Please let me know ASAP if you're interested.

Different amounts in the email offers makes me go hmmm....

 

[PennLady]

My antennae are up for scams right now - avoided two this week.

 

[Darkniciad]

Red flag number 2:

car.oladult.web

Different email address.

Stinking more and more by the second.

 

[sr71plt]

If Dark is going to get $20 per story, I think we should all piggyback on him.

 

[Darkniciad]

*laugh*

Yeah, there's absolutely something rotten if they're offering me $20 and authors with actual talent like the two of you $8

I turned down a better offer on two or three stories at about the same time as this came in. Just don't feel like pulling down the work from the free sites.

 

[CarlusMagnus]

If Dark is going to get $20 per story, I think we should all piggyback on him.

No—we should wait until someone reports a better offer and piggyback on that one.

(And I'll deposit $21 per story in your account if only you'll send me your account number(s) along with your password(s) and all of your credit card information. Don't forget the three-digit security numbers from the backs of those cards, please. And include your social security number as a good faith gesture.)

 

[Boxlicker101]

I got this same email. Note the slightly different email address.


This message contains feedback for:
This feedback was sent by: car.oladultweb@gmail.com

Comments:

Hello Boxlicker101

I am a wannabe adult webmaster and your story 'The Delights of Angelica's Ass' got me all hot and bothered.

I'm putting together a collection of a number of amateur erotica stories to publish for my readers and would like to include your story (and maybe some others if you have more).

I am able to pay a lump sum of around $8 for every story I use and there is the potential for plenty of ongoing need for stories like yours.

Please let me know ASAP if you're interested.

Many thanks

Caroline

 

[alwayswantedto]

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[TxRad]

I got the same e-mail from feedback with the same off and similar e-mail address. I told them thanks but no thanks.

I also put a tracker on the e-mail account. I'm waiting to see what comes back.

 

[Allyourbase]

A friend pointed me to this thread

*raises hand*

I got one too. 8 dollars. carol.adultw.eb@gmail.com

 

[lovecraft68]

I received this as well, but it's the third different one I've received in the last few weeks. I'm only getting $8 as well. I think its those cool covers Dark has in his signature.

I think it is about the banking info as like someone else said they can just take the damn story.

There is one legit one on here just so you know. Her (his?) name is Roxy Wood. They offer $50 for your story and you sign a contract saying she is publishing, but you still have rights etc...

What she then does is post it on smashwords and sells it for .99 and up. When she contacted me about Breaking of Allison I checked her links and she had a dozen up, all under Roxy wood, but some had authors names and some had hers as author.

I doubt this was going to pan out for them it can sometimes take a while to generate $50 on SW with a .99 cent title if you're a nobody.

 

[Allyourbase]

It's... well, I'm not really sure why this scam *would* work.

I mean: I am not interested in making money with my writing whatsoever, really, especially not if it means telling people who i am.

But if i was... 8 dollars is not going to convince me, now is it?

 

[_Lynn_]

I received the same e-mail yesterday and hesitated right from "your story (xxx) got me all hot and bothered" . . . the story they listed was non-erotic.

 

[Allyourbase]

I received the same e-mail yesterday and hesitated right from "your story (xxx) got me all hot and bothered" . . . the story they listed was non-erotic.

carol was a bit too busy to read them all?
or turned on by unexpected things... then, welcome here

 

[PennLady]

I received the same e-mail yesterday and hesitated right from "your story (xxx) got me all hot and bothered" . . . the story they listed was non-erotic.

Ha, that's funny. Various things about this tipped me off, of course, not least of which was that they said they read my story, "Chapter 3." Thing is, there are people that fall for stuff like this.

I'm also amused at the lack of imagination in the email address. I can just see someone sitting there and thinking, well, I'll just tell it to move the period around in each email...

But this week I avoided a home-repair scam and a bank one.

 

[_Lynn_]

Ha, that's funny. Various things about this tipped me off, of course, not least of which was that they said they read my story, "Chapter 3." Thing is, there are people that fall for stuff like this.

I'm also amused at the lack of imagination in the email address. I can just see someone sitting there and thinking, well, I'll just tell it to move the period around in each email...

But this week I avoided a home-repair scam and a bank one.

You've had a busy week. Scams can be time-consuming to deal with. It took three months to clear one from my PayPal account.

 

[PennLady]

You've had a busy week. Scams can be time-consuming to deal with. It took three months to clear one from my PayPal account.

Luckily these never got that far with me. One was a home-repair type thing, where they offered to come clean and inspect our chimney and gave my neighbor as a reference. Just so happens we're friends with this neighbor so I called and it turns out they are (apparently) one of those places that will come out with the cheap deal and then tell you you need tons of other repairs.

The other was an automated call saying my debit card was deactivated, but I googled the number and found out it was a scam. I knew it anyway, b/c they asked me to enter my card # and yeah, right.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

Yeah, I got the email too.

 

[_Lynn_]

Luckily these never got that far with me. One was a home-repair type thing, where they offered to come clean and inspect our chimney and gave my neighbor as a reference. Just so happens we're friends with this neighbor so I called and it turns out they are (apparently) one of those places that will come out with the cheap deal and then tell you you need tons of other repairs.

The other was an automated call saying my debit card was deactivated, but I googled the number and found out it was a scam. I knew it anyway, b/c they asked me to enter my card # and yeah, right.

I was lucky with PayPal. The company fraud division caught the scam to my account and alerted me before completing the transactions. That it took so long to clear was annoying, but the scam was part of an ongoing investigation by PayPal and law enforcement.

 

[Big_Kahuna_69]

Yep, I got one. Pity it's a scam. Eight bucks sure could come in handy in this economy.

 

[smy3th]

Has anyone tried replying?

Just curious what would happen if you responded to one of these messages. I'm curious, but not curious enough to try it.

 

[TxRad]

Just curious what would happen if you responded to one of these messages. I'm curious, but not curious enough to try it.

I sent a reply and got no return from the address or the trace i put on it. It was a dead end.