Silencing the Scams: The creative's guide to avoiding AI's smartest scams

By Dan Akers

London, January 2026: Dan Akers narrates a $3,000 audiobook on international law. His client was polite, professional and efficient. Until it was time to get paid.

The studio time was real. The approval seemed real. The client... was not.

Dan's encounter with a scam driven by Agentic AI exposed a growing threat: engaging 'synthetic humans' in convincing, natural conversations designed to solicit creative work, extract all the assets, and then just disappear.

"Silencing the Scams" tells the inside story of that experience and the wider, near-existential crisis facing creatives due to the rapid adoption of Gen-AI tech and Agentic AI scams.

Combining real insight with industry analysis, it explains...How Agentic AI scammers impersonate clients.How identity, data & audio can be weaponised.Why voices and freelancers are being targeted.How you can avoid becoming the next victim.Clear, urgent and fiercely relevant this book is essential reading for voice artists and digital creatives navigating 2026 and beyond.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GKW2F6FN
• ISBN13: 9798244782998
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"