Wattpad Scammers: Just Go Away [THIS ONE'S IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ]

I don't know about you guys, but every once in a while, I'd get PMs from someone claiming to be a part of a writing / publishing platform and saying that they've read my books. They offered me to join and once, someone offered me money. I even got a comment once claiming something similar.

I woke up to this on my phone:

Ummm...

Joined Wattpad September of last year, no followers, nothing on their message board from someone agreeing to join or from anyone saying it's legit.

I looked it up and there's no such thing as a publishing house called Storydo. You'd think, with 15M monthly users, it'd be pretty damn popular, right?

I didn't see shit.

I even tried looking up an app for it.

NOTHING.

It's annoying as hell that they reach out to you, complimenting your works and inviting you to another platform to make you more popular to get your hopes up. It'd been my absolute dream (hold on, let me make myself a little more clear) DREAM to have one of my books published.

The first time I got one of these, I was STOKED. I mean, I didn't reply back or anything, but I was honored that someone actually liked it.

It was complete and utter BULLSHIT.

These scammers should be banned from Wattpad or something (then again, I don't know how Wattpad could find out they're scammers so, that wouldn't work).

WARNING

This is where the important part comes in. If you get one of these messages, DO NOT REPLY TO THEM. ESPECIALLY IF THEY OFFER YOU MONEY.

The person that commented on Healing Hearts, I THINK someone replied to them or posted on their MB that they'd like to accept their invitation. Maybe that one was real. Maybe it worked well for that writer. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. I don't know. But me, personally, I don't want to risk it.

As sad and pathetic as it sounds, my books are my babies and I don't want to risk anything happening to them.

AGAIN, DO NOT ACCEPT ANY OF THESE DEALS. I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM IF I WERE YOU.