Hello all, several Moderators in The Moderator Support Group have shared that their names and groups are being used to run scams to get you to click on links, or to get authors to make payments to "feature" their book on this group.
I just thought to clarity, that The Never Ending TBR and it's Mods will never do anything of that sort. So far I do not think anyone has used this group for such scams, however if you do receive anything of that sort, please bring it to my attention.
I will let you know that my email is in my bio if you would like to reach out to me, but Please note: The moderators will not contact you by email unless you request it by sharing your email with me, or mailing me. We don’t have your email addresses, and all our communication takes place through GoodReads in the group and broadcast. Even if we do send you a mail, we will NOT ask for any payment, offer to "feature" your book, etc.
If you receive an email purporting to be from our moderators: • Do not reply. Do not click links or open attachments. • Do not share personal information (address, phone number, passwords, payment info, etc.). • Report it to your email provider as phishing, or at least as spam.
One precaution you may wish to take is to ensure that your email address isn’t widely shared on GoodReads: ◆ Do not post it publicly, even in forms such as ‘address at gmail dot com’ ◆ Look at your profile settings. Specifically, see the options: ⬦ “Make my email address visible to:” (recommendation: No one) ⬦ “Allow Goodreads members to search for me by email” (recommendation: unchecked) This may help prevent scammers’ ability to approach you via email.
If you have any questions, feel free to reply here!
If you do encounter such a scam, please share so here!
I just thought to clarity, that The Never Ending TBR and it's Mods will never do anything of that sort. So far I do not think anyone has used this group for such scams, however if you do receive anything of that sort, please bring it to my attention.
I will let you know that my email is in my bio if you would like to reach out to me, but Please note: The moderators will not contact you by email unless you request it by sharing your email with me, or mailing me. We don’t have your email addresses, and all our communication takes place through GoodReads in the group and broadcast. Even if we do send you a mail, we will NOT ask for any payment, offer to "feature" your book, etc.
If you receive an email purporting to be from our moderators:
• Do not reply. Do not click links or open attachments.
• Do not share personal information (address, phone number, passwords, payment info, etc.).
• Report it to your email provider as phishing, or at least as spam.
One precaution you may wish to take is to ensure that your email address isn’t widely shared on GoodReads:
◆ Do not post it publicly, even in forms such as ‘address at gmail dot com’
◆ Look at your profile settings.
Specifically, see the options:
⬦ “Make my email address visible to:”
(recommendation: No one)
⬦ “Allow Goodreads members to search for me by email”
(recommendation: unchecked)
This may help prevent scammers’ ability to approach you via email.
If you have any questions, feel free to reply here!
If you do encounter such a scam, please share so here!