SCAM WARNING!
I do not use Substack to make financial recommendations!!
I have been notified by several subscribers that they have received messages purporting to be from me that ask them to contact a third party for a supposed investment opportunity. This is not from me!!
This is the reported message:
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If you receive this or any similar solicitations, please do not respond to them β but inform me. Iβm not sure how this person (bot?) is accessing my subscriber list but I want to end it ASAP!
Iβm grateful for my readership and reader support. If you wish to buy me a coffee (I drink a lot of coffee!), my subscription rate is very modest at $5 per month. I have not recommended any investment opportunities here, nor will I!
Blessings and Happy New Year!
John Klar




So John, this is obviously a person who's English is not their first language and that should have been a clue to your readers that it was a scam.
Thanks, John. I sent the screenshot to you. I always notify people if I suspect a scam using their name. Hey, it means youβre important enough that the scammers think they can monetize from your name! What a way to end 2025!