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                  These have to be legit offers for writers

I received the following two emails just minutes apart, although one was sent
much earlier than the other. The first one I received (names have been
changed; capitalization has not):

> From: Ken Lee <[email protected]>
> To: Sean <[email protected]>
> Subject: Guest post proposal
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 01:20:19 -0400
>
> Hi,
>
> My name is Ken lee. I was wondering: do you accept guest posts on
> http://www.conman.org/? I’ve been brainstorming some topics that I think
> your readers would get a ton of value from my post. I am already writing
> regularly for techstuff.example.net.
>
> If you are interested please revert back to this mail.
>
> All the best
>

And the second one (again, names have been changed, capitalization has not):

> From: Nosmo king <[email protected]>
> To: Sean <[email protected]>
> Subject:  
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 22:31:09 -0700
>
> Hi,
>
> My name is Nosmo King. I was wondering: do you accept guest posts on ? I’ve
> been brainstorming some topics that I think your readers would get a ton of
> value from my post. I am already writing regularly for
> techstuff.example.net.
>
> If you are interested please revert back to this mail.
>
> All the best
>

Nice to know their email address are their “official” email addresses.

And Yes, the second one to arrive before the first one was sent—it just took
its time getting to me. It also seems the first sender had … um … issues with
sending the email as the subject line is missing, and no mention of my
website. I did check techstuff.example.net and found Ken Lee (not his real
name) has written articles there. And the photo attached to Ken Lee appears
to be him. I did not find any writer named Nosmo King (again not his real
name) on the site. Perhaps he's a new writer there? I just found it amusing
that two “different” writers, writing for the same site, decided to send me
the same email shilling their work.

I'm also wondering if they expect me to pay for these articles, or are they
doing it just for the exposure?

I'm thinking they're expecting to get paid.


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