Reader Question: What are the warning signs of a scam?

Question: What are the warning signs of a writing scam?

Answer: Likely anything or anyone asking for money up front. Any site offering to pay you by the click. And most writing contests.

Here are some great links to check out about this rampant problem:

http://www.sfwa.org/for-authors/writer-beware/contests/
Click here

http://www.writersweekly.com/the_latest_from_angelahoycom/005598_09162009.html
Click here

http://freelance-zone.com/blog/editorial/are-you-being-scammed-warning-signs-for-writers/
Click here

http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/pubwarn.htm
Click here

Also, it just so happens that our own Jeanne Lyet Gassman wrote about scams in the current issue of the newsletter (which can be found on this blog).