OMG, he emailed me too! Addressed me by "Yo". I told him that my "natural talent" had enabled me to write award-winning, front page stories in national publications while he was probably still in grade school, if not diapers. And he claimed he had the "secret" to Medium's algorithm. LOL. For all that, he doesn't even have a website for his "services."
I, too, am allergic to shit like that. Fell for it once about 20 years ago, with Vida.com. Another scam. Never again.