APPENDIX E: THE SCAMMER’S CALENDAR: HOW PREDATORS TARGET AUTHORS BY SEASON – EBOOK

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A Companion Resource to Scamademic – How Scammers Target Authors and —and How to Fight Back https://authorsagainstscammers.org/scamademic/

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That “perfect opportunity” didn’t find you by chance—it found you by calendar, strategically targeting you during windows of maximum vulnerability when loneliness peaks, financial stress clouds judgment, or goal-setting optimism lowers skepticism. This companion to Scamademic exposes the twelve-month manipulation playbook scammers have refined through studying human psychology: January’s “Fresh Start Trap” exploiting resolution desperation, February’s Valentine’s Emergency timed for when victims feel “left behind,” March’s Tax Refund Loan Scam, post-NaNoWriMo fake agent pitches, and November-December’s 300-400% spike in scam activity when holiday loneliness combines with depleted finances and exhausted rational thinking.

Written by Rae A. Stonehouse, founder of AuthorsAgainstScammers.org who lost $2,180 and recovered, this free resource includes your Counter-Calendar defense schedule with monthly awareness checkpoints, seasonal decision freezes, and the critical insight that scammers rely on you not recognizing calendar-based patterns—so create your protective calendar now: mark October 15th “Holiday scam season begins,” set March 1st reminders “No investment decisions until May,” and establish November-December rules: “No money to anyone I haven’t met—no exceptions.” The scammer’s calendar only works when you don’t know it exists.