Tuesday, February 28, 2017

A Variant of the Protection Against Women & Children from Violence Scam?

The email below from "Dr. Kate Morgan, Event Director," is extremely fishy -- no organization, no website, a gmail address, a melange of topics, and a "Symposium Meeting" at an unspecified locale in "Texas." It could be a scam to get passport numbers. See http://www.uia.org/content/9631 (on the Protection Against Women & Children from Violence scam).
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Dear Sir/Madam,
It is my pleasure to invite you and colleagues to attend the 2017, Symposium meeting on Child & Women's Protection, Rapist & forced marriage, Political Crisis & Human Violence, Economic growth & Global Security. The 2017 Symposium Meeting will be taking place from June 26th - 30th June 2017 in Texas United States.
The sponsors of this event shall cover your round-trip air tickets from your country to the USA and back to your country and we shall also provide visa assistance with the U.S Embassy in your country of residence. The hotel accommodation booking cost will be your own responsibility. Please contact the conference registration for more information and registration is open and free for all interested delegate. Register now via E-mail: intregistrationdesk@zoho.com
We hope to hear from you soon. Thanks!
Dr. Kate Morgan, E-mail: katemorgant90@gmail.com, Event Director

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

SASI Institute of Technology & Engineering

From the Institute's webpage (unaltered):
What began as a small school in with a 9 students in a small village in West Godavari has created a sensation in the field of education by winning national and state awards as well as ranks in JEE-IIT and EAMCET. The very name SASI instills confidence in the minds of many anxious parents aspiring students in and around the Coastal Districts of Andhra Pradesh with its strong roots in West and East Godavari districts is imparting.

SASI has created its own brand image for the values it follows. Sasi Educational Society with its strong roots in West and East Godavari districts is imparting quality education for over 34 years. The total students strength of all the institutions run by the society is about 14000 What began as a small school in with a 9 students in a small village in West Godavari has created a sensation in the field of education by winning national and state awards as well as ranks in JEE-IIT and EAMCET The very name SASI instills confidence in the minds.
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I am getting several emails a week (as of 3/30/16) for the IET-IEEE-3rd EEECOS Conference. Although papers from "all the fields of Engineering, Science and Technology" can be submitted as late as two weeks before the conference and "authors (outside India) who are unable to attend the conference can also be present the paper through online," they "will be published by IET and also submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore Digital Library."

As if that were not enough, SASI is advertising (4/6/16) another conference in June. The proposed content is confusing. On the one hand, "[t]he primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in Communication, Signal Processing, Power, Intelligent, Embedded System and Data Analytic." On the other, "[p]apers are welcome from all the fields of Engineering, Science and Technology."

Apparently, this "all of science and technology" conference regardless of the name of the conference is SASI's modus operandi. As of 4/29/16, its "International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Engineering Trends, Communication, Optimization and Sciences (EEECOS/E3COS)-2016," to be held June 1-2, also is open to papers "from all the fields of Engineering, Science and Technology" -- and "authors (outside India) who are unable to attend the conference can also be present the paper through online (video presentation)."

Pace Institute of Technology and Sciences (PITS)

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  • 5/17/16: PMME-Elsevier Materials Today Proceedings and ICMP Material Science Forum. PACE, Ongole, Andhrapradesh, India is going to organize International Conferences PMME and ICMP with following publications: PMME: International Conference on Processing of Materials, Minerals and Energy Elsevier: Materials Today Proceedings [and] ICMP: International Conference on Materials and Power Material Science Forum: Index by Elsevier: SCOPUS Hope to receive your valuable contribution for these conference(s).
    Disclaimer: [D]isclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.
  • 5/28/16: Elsevier Materials Today Proceedings based conference. Elsevier based conference is going to organizing in Andhra pradesh, India during 29th to 30th July 2016. Last date of paper submission: 1st June 2016. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named.
  • 6/9, 6/13, and 6/16/16: Last date Extended for paper submission [for] Elsevier Conference [on June 29-30] to 20th June 2016. Please forward the information to your students/colleagues/friends. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named.
  • 7/1/16: Final notification:Today also can submit the paper for Elsevier proceedings Conference papers also will be indexed by. SCOPUS.