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This is a significant narrative regarding scams orchestrated from Texas and Pakistan, estimated to reach tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars, ruthlessly cheating Americans with misleading promises of publishing bestselling novels (a scheme you wouldn’t expect many individuals to fall for but is unexpectedly vast). In January, three individuals were charged with deceiving elderly authors throughout the United States out of nearly $44 million by “persuading the victims that publishers and filmmakers sought to transform their works into blockbusters.”