Rae A. Stonehouse

The Author's Guide to Scam PreventionYour creativity made you a target. This book makes you immune. Every day, organized crime networks use AI, stolen identities, and psychological warfare to hunt authors like you-exploiting your hope, your isolation, and your hunger for recognition. After losing $2, 180 to a scammer who posed as a marketing specialist, Rae A. Stonehouse fought back, documented every manipulation tactic, and built the comprehensive defense system he wished he'd had.
This isn't another list of "be careful" warnings-it's forensic training in how scammers think, complete with real case studies, platform-specific red flags, emergency recovery protocols, and the Master Framework of psychological manipulation that works across every scam type. You'll learn to recognize pig-butchering schemes, AI impersonators, voice cloning attacks, fake publishing services, and recovery scams before you lose a single dollar.
You didn't choose to be hunted, but you can choose to be armed. This book transforms you from isolated target into community guardian-protecting not just your own career but every writer who comes after you. The scammers are betting on your silence and shame. Prove them catastrophically wrong. Your work deserves protection. Your money deserves protection. Your peace of mind deserves protection. Get the knowledge that's already prevented over $50, 000 in documented losses among early readers, because the only thing more expensive than this book is learning these lessons the hard way.
Start reading in 60 seconds. Become immune in 350 pages. Protect your community forever.