Wrong Michael Cooper

As soon as my outdoors-adventure memoir Miscalculated Risks was published, I started getting AI-generated emails from fraudulent “publicity agencies,” lauding my book and promising to catapult its visibility and sales worldwide if I wired them money. The following pitch was exceptional in the way the fraudsters tied the story behind Miscalculated Risks (which recounts, in part, my mountaineering adventures) to its marketability: "The way you combine personal history with iconic moments in basketball creates a narrative that resonates far beyond Lakers fans.” Uh, no, I’m not that Michael Cooper.

Michael Cooper