Well, the assassin apparently missed me.

But now the international arm of the FBI is after me for the "juvenile porn" on my computer featuring "women and minor children."  Apparently, the police in New Delhi gave up on chasing me down which isn't surprising since they only work 24/5 so how serious could they be about catching people?

But, also, the international arm of the FBI only works 24/5 too so I guess they aren't that serious either.

Still, it's the inconsistencies that bug me.  Like "juvenile porn" involving "women."  And you have to respond in order to find out what the court has ordered against you.  That's not how things work.

If I were a scammer, my inclination would be to make it more believable as you'd think that would trick more people into falling for it.  But, I guess I don't have a criminal mind because, from what I've read, the inconsistencies are more or less intentional.  That is, that if you fall for the scam despite the inconsistencies, you're a more gullible mark for them.  If you think the New Delhi Police are going to come after you in America or if you think you have to respond to an eMail to find out the details of a court order against you, they've already gotten a hook in you whereas the rest of us are going, now wait a minute here . . .  Also, if you do have child porn on your computer involving women and minor children, well, you may get panicky the first time you receive such an eMail.

Actually, if you were the unscrupulous type, that might be a pretty good scam.  Set up a child porn website, wait a few months, and then send these blackmail eMails to people that accessed the site months earlier.  They'll have forgotten where they downloaded by then and they will have such material on their computers so they'd be prime targets.  Naturally, I am not suggesting anyone do this.  I am just saying that could be a lucrative scam for the unsavory types.  Feel free to use the idea in your next novel though.

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Sorry this is happening, Timothy. It's happened to me in the US market lasting a couple days--a few times. And it's messed up promos. It sounds like whatever algorithm has been affecting the US on Zon is traveling to Australia. I haven't had issues with Australia ranking before.

This from Amazon help.

Someone has no idea how their own system works.

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). I hope you are having a lovely day.

My name is Tamara, I am the Senior Support Agent that will be assisting you today.

I can empathize with the position you are in and I will gladly do my best to assist you!

After further research I can it can be confirmed that the ranking for your book(s) is correct. There are multiple factors that determine the rank of a book and we cannot share our sales rank algorithms and related criteria.

Keep in mind that Sales Rank fluctuates every hour in line with customer demand and in relation to the demand for other books, both of which may vary based on factors such as popularity of new releases, seasonality, etc. While monitoring your book?s Amazon sales rank may be helpful in gaining general insight into the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns and other initiatives to drive book sales, it is not an accurate way to track your book?s sales or compare your sales in relation to books in other categories, since a particular item?s sales rank does not absolutely reflect its sales.

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I have never seen a book remain the same rank for 24 hours without there being a major problem.

Plus I checked the category ranks, and they're not even close to what's displaying.

 

Sales seem to lag by about a day on Zon lately over the past couple months, but I've found ranking was picked up internationally almost immediately in the UK and Australia. US and Canada tends to be the worst.

It seems all hit or miss these days with Amazon. And frustrating 

Hope ranking moves for you soon in Australia.