[INDOLOGY] Book Club Invitations

[Antonia Ruppel]

Not dozens in my case, but also just two, specifically for Goodreads. It
seemed odd to me right from the start that someone wanted to make some poor
book club read my Sanskrit textbook, so I never responded.

Antonia

On Thu 20 Aug 2026 at 22:06, Jeffery Long via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Patrick, I receive these almost daily. Like you, I took it at face
> value at first. But it’s a scam. I started putting these emails through an
> AI detector. They have all come up as 100% written by AI. I now delete them
> reflexively. All the best! Jeff
>
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> On Thursday, August 20, 2026, 5:51 PM, Uskokov, Aleksandar via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Dear Patrick,
>
> I have received these as well, though not quite a dozen, more like two. I
> had the same experience, an initial brief exchange until it was obvious
> that they want money.
>
> Best wishes
> Aleksandar
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> *From:* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
> Patrick Olivelle via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 20 August 2026 17:28:19
> *To:* INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] Book Club Invitations
>
> Dear All:
>
> Just wanted to alert you all to a scam that is widespread. Someone,
> generally with only a first name, sends an email saying he/she is leading a
> large book club and would like to read a book of yours. They want you to
> support this effort, and with the added advantage of publicity for the
> book. Over the past year or so I must have received at least a dozen such
> requests. I did respond to the first one, and with the third email there
> was a request for money, small amount like a couple of hundred dollars, so
> help with expenses — and she said this is NOT a pay to pay scan. I stopped
> responding. Wonder how many have received similar emails.
>
> With warm good wishes,
>
> Patrick
>
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