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Hi everyone,

I'm wondering what to make of people who claim they can 'get you 40 reviews on Amazon,' or 'reviews on Amazon or your money back.'

Some are obviously a scam, but others appear somewhat more believable.

In any case, I keep getting these unsolicited emails.

Is it best just to delete them all?

Matt wrote: "Hi everyone,

I'm wondering what to make of people who claim they can 'get you 40 reviews on Amazon,' or 'reviews on Amazon or your money back.'

Some are obviously a scam, but others appear somewh..."

Hi, Matt!

I used to receive a lot of those emails too, but after searching it up on some Goodreads threads, I've found that many others are receiving the same. Some may look convincing, but I've heard that they only want money or free copies of your book to sell online.

So in all, I highly recommend just deleting all of them, unless you know the person who's emailing you. From what I've heard, they're all scams.

I hope that helps!

~E. C. Colton

Matt wrote: "Hi everyone,

I'm wondering what to make of people who claim they can 'get you 40 reviews on Amazon,' or 'reviews on Amazon or your money back.'

Some are obviously a scam, but others appear somewh..."

Yeah, Matt, I agree with E.C. -- they're scammers. A lot of us on here were being plagued recently by hackers who were posting 1-Star reviews or ratings and demanding refunds on books they never bought or read. Goodreads finally kicked them all off -- hopefully they won't ever be back! I started a thread on here called "Scam?" and they also demanded I take it down or they were going to write more bad reviews. Of course I didn't -- no way were those punks going to intimidate me, not at my age!

I'm in the same boat though, trying to get reviews on my books. Fortunately, the folks who have done my reviews are all legit. You're welcome to contact any of them to see if they'd be interested in your stuff. =) Good luck!

Matt wrote: "Hi everyone,

I'm wondering what to make of people who claim they can 'get you 40 reviews on Amazon,' or 'reviews on Amazon or your money back.'

Some are obviously a scam, but others appear somewh..."

Matt, here's the link to the thread I started about scammers --

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thanks to Gina and E.C.

I had a hunch they were scams, and now I just delete them all.

Wow, I'd never heard about this before! Are you two still getting emails like that?

Lily, yeah, they send me lousy emails calling me a "B" and trying to intimidate me. It ain't gonna happen! I will message you tomorrow if I get a chance. BTW, message me with your email so I can send the lot there.

Gina wrote: "Lily, yeah, they send me lousy emails calling me a "B" and trying to intimidate me. It ain't gonna happen! I will message you tomorrow if I get a chance. BTW, message me with your email so I can se..."

Wait, send the lot?

The scammers comments, etc. but you already saw my scam thread. Hope you had a nice Christmas. We spent the day with our cousins and had a lot of fun. =)

Oh, got it! And thanks!! I did and I'm happy you did too!!