Scammed Again?

About two months ago, I signed a contract with someone purporting to be Thomas Rathnow of Penguin/Random House Publishers.

This time, I ran the contract by a lawyer friend whose specialty is contract law. He said the contract was (or appeared to be) legitimate.

I also looked up Thomas Rathnow on the internet. It stated that he was the CEO of Penguin/Random House. (I later found out that he had moved to be head of the foreign language division of the company).

The first contract was for the Spanish version of my novel "The Id Paradox". The contract stated that I had to provide the translation. It ran me thousands of dollars, although the translation was first rate.

Now, the contract states that I would be paid $600K by November 11th.

So far, I have been paid nothing and while Thomas Rathnow was answering my texts promptly and offered another contract for audiobooks of all my novels.

Since November 11th, however, he has ignored my texts. It seems texts are the only means of communication these bigwigs will answer.

My question for any of my friends and followers is: Have I been scammed again?