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SCAM ALERT!!! Many of you who are familiar with my blog know that I have tried writing for My Trending Stories, Yes, I went for it. I was very suspicious of them but wanted to see for myself. I was foolish but not that foolish! I only uploaded articles that you can already find on my blog . However, I went to delete an article earlier and couldn’t delete it! I then went in and erased all of my articles so that even if someone wanted to click on them they’ll only see a picture, no article. I am glad that Jason posted this, it is my second confirmation today and I am sharing this to help others who are victims of scam blog sites who only want to monetize on someone elses work. You may laugh but oh well, you live and you learn. I’m just happy I was smart enough not to upload anything important. My plan was to try it for myself and see. Now I know. Lesson learned.

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Writing to restore Black historical truth through fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

36 responses to “My Trending Stories”

  1. Opinionated Man Avatar
    Opinionated Man

    It happens to the best of us! Thanks for sharing the warning on to others!

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    1. Yecheilyah Avatar
      Yecheilyah

      Indeed.

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  2. kphoenix1 Avatar
    kphoenix1

    Thanks for posting this. My gosh, I had received an email from them last month and haven’t contacted them back. Thank goodness I didn’t.

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    1. Yecheilyah Avatar
      Yecheilyah

      Yea. It took me awhile to respond back too and I should have went with my first mind and ignore them. Glad to hear you did.

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      1. kphoenix1 Avatar
        kphoenix1

        Hate that happened to you. I had a literary agency wanted to work with me several years ago, turned out they was fake and had my first 10 pages of my novel. It’s definitely a lesson learned.

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        1. Yecheilyah Avatar
          Yecheilyah

          Indeed. What I love about these lessons though is the growth that comes from it. The person who has fallen and got back up is far more wiser than he who has never fell.

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          1. kphoenix1 Avatar
            kphoenix1

            True words.

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  3. thesarahdoughty Avatar
    thesarahdoughty

    I received an email too. The email felt generic and I want interested. I’m sorry you ended up in their scheme.

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    1. Yecheilyah Avatar
      Yecheilyah

      I’m sorry too loll. Its all good though. I didn’t post too much and all my articles are no longer available. I started getting even more suspicious when I realized the number of people who received emails from them. Even more disturbing, no one was saying anything negative about them! This is why I’m sharing. If they’re scamming, I’ll risk embarrassment to save someone else.

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      1. Opinionated Man Avatar
        Opinionated Man

        That’s the right attitude. And I’ll spread the word as well, as I have been. I don’t scare easily. 🙂

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        1. Yecheilyah Avatar
          Yecheilyah

          Of course you don’t. Not the Opinionated Man lol

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          1. Opinionated Man Avatar
            Opinionated Man

            😀

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      2. thesarahdoughty Avatar
        thesarahdoughty

        It’s definitely a scam. People aren’t saying much yet, because they think they’re writing for the next Huffington Post.

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        1. Yecheilyah Avatar
          Yecheilyah

          Hmmm, right. So true.

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  4. M. L. Kappa Avatar
    M. L. Kappa

    They emailed me as well! Them I went on their site and saw you there, so I was going to ask you about it! But I was suspicious anyway, since I couldn’t find anything about them on Google. Thanks for the post!

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    1. Yecheilyah Avatar
      Yecheilyah

      They emailed everyone on WordPress! Lol. This is why I had to speak up. Its my responsibility to those who may look to me for writing stuff…not that I’m anyone special ; )

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      1. M. L. Kappa Avatar
        M. L. Kappa

        Well I’ve tweeted as well. You feel so stupid when scammed – it’s good to warn others. Thanks! Xxx

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        1. Yecheilyah Avatar
          Yecheilyah

          Yes, I saw your tweet! Thanks.

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  5. Marquessa Avatar
    Marquessa

    For fun, I had emailed them back asking them questions since I guessed it was a fish and bait…of course, no response!

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    1. Yecheilyah Avatar
      Yecheilyah

      That’s funny because they always responded to my emails! Well, except when I asked to be removed lol.

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      1. Marquessa Avatar
        Marquessa

        lol!

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  6. midnightexpressions Avatar
    midnightexpressions

    Thank you for writing this blog post, I revived an email as well a couple of months ago

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    1. Yecheilyah Avatar
      Yecheilyah

      You’re welcome. As I think about it more deeply I don’t think their intention was bad, just the way they’re going about getting people to blog for them. If they were just honest, it would have faired better. I just received a response back from my request to step down. They were respectful and wished me well. Still, the fact that we were all sent the exact same emails rubs me the wrong way, and robs me of feeling that they genuinely enjoy my work and wanted me for my own personal talents.

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      1. midnightexpressions Avatar
        midnightexpressions

        Yeah I understand, I joined their team after I thought that they genuinely really liked my writing.

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        1. Yecheilyah Avatar
          Yecheilyah

          Exactly, so the rest of us. Power to those still with them but its just not for me. I’d be more comfortable writing for someone a bit more established.

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          1. midnightexpressions Avatar
            midnightexpressions

            Yes, same

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          2. midnightexpressions Avatar
            midnightexpressions

            I’ve deleted all the writing from articles I’ve already written on My Trending Stories

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            1. Yecheilyah Avatar
              Yecheilyah

              Me too. Because they’re still good people there, I erased my articles and added a message on my profile: “To follow Yecheilyah, please visit her blog…” and pasted this blog link there. That way the followers I’ve built up aren’t lost. Then I emailed them to remove my account.

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              1. midnightexpressions Avatar
                midnightexpressions

                Did they finally remove your account?

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                1. Yecheilyah Avatar
                  Yecheilyah

                  Yup.

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                  1. midnightexpressions Avatar
                    midnightexpressions

                    Ok

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  7. K E Garland Avatar
    K E Garland

    Well, I fell for it too! Like you, I didn’t post anything that hadn’t already been published somewhere else, like my blog. Thanks for writing this. I’m spreading the word.

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    1. Yecheilyah Avatar
      Yecheilyah

      Yea, my frustration has worn off lol. Like I said, I wish MTS and those with them the best but its just not for me. There’s just not much to validate them for my comfort level at this point.

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      1. Opinionated Man Avatar
        Opinionated Man

        But they are trending!!! See them trend? lmao… 😉

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        1. Yecheilyah Avatar
          Yecheilyah

          Lol. I’m through.

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          1. Opinionated Man Avatar
            Opinionated Man

            😂😉

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