We are aware that scammers are continuing to actively impersonate Leeds Book Club to target authors. They are using Gmail accounts to falsely represent our little book club.
If you receive a message from ‘Hannah’ the organizer (note American spelling), this is NOT a genuine communication.
Currently, the official email for us is leedsbookclub@ gmail.com but I will be using a domain enabled one going forward.
If you receive a suspicious email, please let me know and if possible report the email address to Gmail (three dots next to reply; report phishing).
These emails can also be reported to the National Cyber Security Centre in the UK) or the FBI’s crime complaint centre at ic3.gov
Thank you for your help resolving this nastiness
As I read your scamming alert, I realize that I have been scammed by “Hannah” who portrays herself as the Organizer of Leeds Book Club. Only this morning have I realized that the gmail account she uses includes “leadsbookclub” not “leedsbookclub” and I hate to say it, but she asked for a voluntary donation that would benefit charities affiliated with the club and I sent a small donation. This is a sad state of affairs to be sure. I will research the National Cyber Security Centre and see if I can report this.
Oh this is awful. I’m so sorry.
Guess now we know what the purpose of the scammer is.
Absolutely appalling.