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Re: China conference scam
From: "Manjak, Martin" <mmanjak () ALBANY EDU>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 19:53:44 +0000
I can't help wondering if some of the Ezproxy journal rummaging is done to populate these conferences' "programs," as well as identify authors for the purpose of soliciting them. It would be interesting to see if the sample presentation titles listed on the page Andre supplied (http://www.oceanographerschoice.com/2010/09/phishy-conference/) match the titles of any journal articles. Marty Manjak ISO University at Albany From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Di Fabio, Andrea Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:04 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] China conference scam I apologize for cross posting, but in the interest of information sharing and to ensure the safety of those who may be affected, we though it prudent to send this. We received a call from our one of our professors earlier today. She detailed how she received an email inviting her to speak at a conference in China. She checked the site that accompanied the message and found that she knew several of the speakers listed. The site looks like any other conference web site. It is detailed and organized with care. The email was well written, both professionally and grammatically. She went ahead and approached her department and received approval to be sponsored for the trip. She contacted "emma at wcmfcon . com" and was scheduled for a session. During the process of getting everything setup and corresponding with "Emma" in China, she emailed some of those she knew that where scheduled to speak. She found that they were not scheduled nor had any idea of the conference. She decided to notify us to let us know and obviously declined to the speaking engagement. See attached document for more details on this scam.
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- Re: China conference scam Manjak, Martin (Aug 22)
- Re: China conference scam Shalla, Kevin (Aug 22)