One of our Travel experts, Trevor Baker, was recently targeted with a
well-researched scam attempt. Years after he published a book, he was
contacted by someone claiming to be a literary agent from the publishing
house Hachette.
The scam was extremely sophisticated, using the image and contact
information for a real employee at the publisher, making it almost
undetectable.
Our fraud expert Faye Lipson explains what the scammer wanted and how they managed to create such a convincing targeted scam.
Source: Which? (08 Jul 2026)