Oddly, a version of this is also happening in my wife’s world, but with music composers instead of authors. The scheme is a little less sophisticated, but the

Oddly, a version of this is also happening in my wife’s world, but with music composers instead of authors. The scheme is a little less sophisticated, but the themes are the same. The phisher knows the parties involved and their relationships, they know the lingo and the process of commissioning a composition, it isn’t limited to famous/well known people/groups (e.g. they target grad students), and it’s very unclear what they’re attempting to achieve (or how they might monetize it).