by Hank Nuwer | Oct 7, 2026 | Alaska Tales
I received my State of Alaska Official Election pamphlet on Oct. 6, 2026. Recently I wrote a short column for the Cordova Times that questioned why an Oregon printer won a plum Alaska contract to print an Alaska elections pamphlet. Here’s my beef. With...
by Hank Nuwer | Oct 4, 2026 | True Crime
Authors Beware: <clegalsbookclub17@gmail.com> Another group of scammers is out and around the world offering to represent a Cleveland area book club, a legitimate organization called Clegals Book Club. The real book club uses this email address...
by Hank Nuwer | Sep 25, 2026 | Alaska Tales, True Crime
Last Frontier Tales Death of a Bully By Hank Nuwer, Cordova Times Norman E. Smith was a big and brawny Alaska businessman who liked to throw his considerable weight around. He was born in Veazio, Maine, on February 28, 1873. A few newspaper articles about the...
by Hank Nuwer | Sep 23, 2026 | Creative Writing, True Crime
What a two days. This is another scam I’ve been hit with. Some person unknown is impersonating an editor at a legitimate publishing house and sending form letters out like hot cakes to authors such as myself. The apparent hope of the scammer is that an author...
by Hank Nuwer | Sep 22, 2026 | True Crime
The number 737 437-1943 is a scam run by someone calling himself “Md Nadim” through XE. The scam starts when the victim tries to cancel a subscription–that does not belong to CNN, People, or any other entity. Disclaimer: The Xe Scumbag...
