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  "path": "/books/2026/5/the-spammer-becomes-the-spammee",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z",
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    "Kate Greathead",
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  "textContent": "\n\n  A fake reader in search of a fake book club.\n\n##### After receiving one too many fake-book-club scams, I clicked reply\n\nBy Teddy Wayne\n\nMy wife, Kate Greathead, published her second novel, _The Book of George,_ in October 2024. After the paperback came out a year later, she began receiving numerous e-mails offering to promote it. The letters were well written but only vaguely touched upon her novel, leading us to believe they had been composed with the assistance of A.I.; even her publisher was fooled by one.\n\nKate ignored them, but one e-mail came from a California-based book club that had an active Meetup page with more than a thousand members and a history of monthly events stretching back to 2012. Thinking it was a legitimate request, she sent the requested materials. Here is the sender’s response: READ ON",
  "title": "The Spammer Becomes the Spammee"
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