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That was what was so puzzling about it! Extremely sophisticated social engineering techniques over the better part of a decade, for no obvious reason [0]! It di
by alwa 3y ago
That was what was so puzzling about it! Extremely sophisticated social engineering techniques over the better part of a decade, for no obvious reason [0]! It did seem to dry up after they arrested Bernardini for it a year or two back [1,2], though:
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/books/publishing-manuscripts-phishing-scam.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/books/publishing-manuscri...
[1] https://newrepublic.com/article/165234/filippo-bernardini-literary-publishing-scammer https://newrepublic.com/article/165234/filippo-bernardini-li...
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/books/publishing-manuscripts-phishing-scam-filippo-bernardini.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/books/publishing-manuscri...
- rsynnott 3y agoAh! Yes, that’s the guy. Bizarre story. I kind of want him to write a memoir about it, though for maximum irony someone would have to steal it, of course.