Media & Press
How I Discovered a Book to Film Scam and Turned It into a Book & Just-Released Film
It looked like just another job when a company I worked with on a series of projects — writing screenplays, loglines, and synopses and assessing whether a book would make a good film — asked me to review a woman’s book dealing with time travel into Nazi times by a boy and his dog. They were seeking to rescue their scientist father who was blasted back there by an evil scientist seeking to steal his book of inventions. After I suggested her book could make a good film, I thought it was perfectly normal that I should ghostwrite additional material for this woman, so she could pitch her film to producers and agents. Then, I discovered this was all a scam, when the woman had trouble paying the company for my writing. Why? When I spoke to her, she explained that the payment platforms wouldn’t...
How Can You Prove It Is Really You? Scam Victims Discover It’s Hard to Do After a Scam
What if you have been the victim of a scam and someone has stolen your email or identity? How can you prove you are you to friends, family members, and business associates when you communicate with them online, in addition to dealing with the banks, credit card companies, stores, and online services, which may need verification from you? It can sometimes be very hard to prove who you are, because someone can disbelieve you even if you tell them some facts about yourself. After all, if your personal information is out there on your personal profile in so many places as well as in the emails you share with friends, anyone can know all about you. And scammers try to pretend they are someone else all the time to get other people’s money or personal identity information. So how do you prove...
Author of Books and Films on Scams Turns Experience into Books about These Scams and How to Avoid Them
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It might sound like the plot of a thriller film or novel, but a writer of books and films about scams became a victim of another scam in which she nearly lost her bank account to a PayPal rep and then she lost her Facebook account and groups to an email replacement scam. But after a chase to buy nearly $10,000 in gift cards for the PayPal scammer who gained account information for her bank, she foiled the scammer who followed her on her way to the first store by going to her bank, called out “I’m being scammed,” and the bank quickly closed her account. So score one for the victim! But she couldn’t act quickly enough to save her Facebook account and groups dealing with scams and AI, though she recreated them again as “Cons, Scams, and Frauds” and “The AI Revolution...
The Latest Scam – Stealing and Reselling Facebook Groups
If you have a Facebook group, or are a member of one, here’s a threat to worry about – if it already hasn’t happened to you. Scammers are stealing Facebook groups by changing passwords and emails. Once they control it, they can sell it on the black market to buyers who can make money from the group members – or even get their emails and personal identity information to scam them, too. I became aware of this scam because my own email account and the two groups I set up in the account were stolen about four months ago and my own posts were removed. Then nothing seemed to happen. A post I wrote in the groups about the theft was left pending, and the last posts from a few other people remained as of mid-September. My associates with posts in the group heard nothing either. Then, a few...
Service that Helps Writers Get Published & Produced Celebrates 19 Years
Now, after 19 years of helping writers find book agents, publishers, and film industry contacts, Publishers Agents and Films (www.publishersagentsfilms.com) is going strong. After helping over 1000 writers over the years and getting over 300 testimonials, the company is still helping many book and script writers each month. The way the service works is it sends out email queries to editors and agents interested in that kind of manuscript from the writer's email using special software. Then interested editors and agents contact the writers directly. Many writers have used the service multiple times for new books. When the service first started in the early days of using emails, the Wall Street Journal wrote about it, which spread the word about the service worldwide. Writer and...
Scam Victim Releases Book To Raise Awareness About Film Adaptation Cons
Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., JD, in association with American Leadership Books, has released her latest book, The Big Con, which describes her experience as a victim of a criminal syndicate that targets book writers.
Protect Yourself From Identity Theft & Merchant Scams
In a world increasingly full of scams and fraud, Arkansas based writer and sociologist Gini Graham Scott, PhD, wants you to protect yourself and your money.
If you, like the rest of America, watched The Tinder Swindler, then you have probably come to the same terrifying reaction: is this how easy it is to be scammed? Gini Graham Scott, America’s scam expert, was watching too, but she wasn’t surprised because she knows all about common scams just like Simon Leviev’s.
Learn How To Spot The Book-To-Movie Scam With Gini Graham Scott’s ‘The Big Con’
Looking for the best book on how to avoid scams? Check out The Big Con by Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., JD, which teaches you all you need to know about film adaptation cons and more! Wondering if that phone call you just took was for real? Does this person really want to turn your book into the next movie worthy of Oscar buzz? I mean does Jack Apple who can pitch your script to the biggest production companies really exist? I mean, he could not possibly be a scammer, right? Riiiighhhht. Not a scammer indeed! Nope. Nooot aaat aaall possible. THIS guy is really different! Just you wait and see! Wait and see that catfish swim, ay, luv? Mighty pretty little thing. Where did 'ee go to now? Oops. Introducing Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., JD. Scam buster extraordinaire. Thank you, ma'am! In her new...
I Was Scammed Series Released
If you, like the rest of America, watched The Tinder Swindler, then you have probably come to the same terrifying reaction: is this how easy it is to be scammed? Gini Graham Scott, America’s scam expert, was watching too, but she wasn’t surprised because she knows all about common scams just like Simon Leviev’s.
What Can Law Enforcement Do About Scams?
What should law enforcement be doing about all the scams out there? I began thinking about this as I researched the number of scams that have occurred in virtually all industries — 4.8 million scams in the U.S. in 2020 alone according to a report in Bloomberg Businessweek in July. No wonder law enforcement can do little except take a report, because they are swamped!
Dan Janal Podcast Interview with Gini Graham Scott
Gini Graham-Scott, author of “the Big Con” and “I was Scammed” talks with Dan Janal about how to spot a scam and how to avoid being scammed on this episode: The “Make My Book A Movie Scam” All Authors Need to Know About
Victims of Book to Film Con start GoFundMe Campaign, Book, Film to Compensate Losses
It’s a cruel scam that dashes the hopes of thousands of writers and self-publishers to see their book turned into a film. But now there is a GoFundMe campaign and soon a book and film that tell the story of ten writers who lost over $150,000 – up to $20,000-40,000 each, and some really did have potential blockbusters. Instead, the scammers entrapped them into spending money for an offer that turned out to be fake.
New Personality System Using Dog Types for Better Self-Understanding & Improved Relationships
Now there’s a whole new way to understand your personality and that of others — by knowing your Dog Type. The system helps you understand your personality type and apply it to better understand and relate to others in your family, with friends, and in your work.
The Dog Type personality system builds on widely recognized ways of characterizing the four main personality types – like Myers-Briggs, the DISC system, and color profiling – but it features some popular dogs that make personality typing even more relatable and fun.
Is modern life in America becoming like Medieval times? The New American Middle Ages
In today’s tumultuous times, life in America and the rest of the world is becoming more and more like life in medieval times, as described in The New American Middle Ages by Gini Graham Scott, PhD, just published by Waterside Press.
The book is based on the premise that today’s growing split between rich and poor is like the divide between royalty, nobles, and rich merchants versus the medieval peasants and artisans. The book makes comparisons between the rise of the medieval kingdoms and the battles between the high tech titans, the division of labor then and now, the parallels between different institutions and lifestyles.
Authority Magazine Interview: 5 Things you Should Do to Become a Thought Leader in your Industry
The Authority Magazine Interview features a series of questions about how I became an authority on the topic of thought leadership, how I started my career, how I would define a thought leader, and the benefits of becoming one. It also provides some examples of how being a thought leader can help a business grow and five strategies an individual should employ to become known as a thought leader in their industry.
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Make More Money with Your Book Workshop
Gini boils down years of experience and multiple areas of expertise into a simple presentation with helpful goodies tailored to participants’ interests.
Very informative.
Very informative and well presented. A real eye opener on monetizing your book.
I’m glad that I came.
Very informative and well presented. A real eye opener on monetizing your book.
I’m glad that I came.
Very helpful in providing resources and options for publishing a book and screenplay, and seeing how to self-publish as an option. Gini is a wealth of information based on her hands-on experience with publishing and educational background.
If you are interested in getting published, she’s the person to see.
Very informative… I found it very helpful.
I liked this workshop. I would recommend it to others, since it was very information with a good broad-based approach.
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