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 herehttp://www.writersweekly.com/the_latest_from_angelahoycom/005598_09162009.html
Click herehttp://freelance-zone.com/blog/editorial/are-you-being-scammed-warning-signs-for-writers/
Click herehttp://anotherealm.com/prededitors/pubwarn.htm
Click hereAlso, 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).