This email came in overnight from an outfit named Prime Seven Media. How could any author ignore a pitch like this?
Exclusive Invitation: TV Interview Opportunity for Your Book with Logan Crawford of The Spotlight TV
It seemed too good to be true, but grabbed my attention anyway. Hey – every author wants exposure, right? So I did a few minutes of due diligence and found this blog post from Deborah Jay about a phone pitch from the same Prime Seven Media. They approached Deborah back in 2022. They wanted $999 for an “interview” that would show up on Youtube.
Um… no.
Deborah’s blog post generated 272 comments so far. I’ll add my own comment to her post right after I publish this.
This email pitch will nail someone. But it won’t nail anyone who sees this blog post. Or Deborah’s. I want to give this an F- because it preys on hard-working authors and makes me mad. But for the first time in my phish collection, I have to give this one an A+ because it’s an evil masterpiece.
For more phishing samples, see my phish collection. Don’t phall for phishing.
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