[djrogers]

Wouldn't it make sense for Amazon to hold payouts for 30-60 days on new accounts, and require books to be available for 30-60 days before a payout?

It seems a huge part of this scam is pulling your book from the store before you get caught - make that part impossible and he scammers will have to work a lot harder.

There are ways around anything for a determined scammer, but those all have an associated cost, and if you make the costs high enough many of the scammers will go away.