| Originating from a server in India, today's conference spam seeks speakers for the "2nd Global Webinar On Forensic Science." Coming hot on the heels of the first "Global Webinar" in March 2021, the second installment is scheduled for July 2021. |
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The "focus," if it can be called that, of the first effort was “Exploring the new heights of Excellence in Forensic Science Research and Development.” The new "focus" is "Insights and Innovations in Forensic Science: Progressing to the Future." The conference website is devoid of speakers and information on the sessions, but there are placeholders for plenary, keynote, and even invited speakers.
The "Conference Chairperson" is "Prof. Anna Barbaro, Association of Women Forensic Experts, Italy." The "view biography" link by her name produces an empty drop-down display. The "Conference Co-Chairman" is "Dr. Ruwan Uduwerage-Perera, University of East London, United Kingdom." The university's website identifies him as a senior lecturer with no doctoral degree. He is a public figure, having been the first General Secretary of the National Black Police Association. A 2015 newspaper headline reads "Ruwan Uduwerage-Perera: Lib Dem ethnic minority group chairman re-instated after being controversially ejected last month." The drop-down bio for him speaks of his passion to "reducing the mystic about criminology and developing practitioner academics within the workplace."
At the top of the list of "Organizing Committee Members" in the email is "Dr. Anthony Schembri, University of South Florida, United States." No such person is on the faculty of USF (according to the online directory for the university), but the Anthony Schembri pictured on the conference website has had a distinguished career in law enforcement. Apparently, the "Dr." is an honorary degree from the Global Scientific Guild.
The group behind the events is difficult to locate. GoDaddy.com registered the domain name, globalscientificguild.com, in July, 2019, listing the registrant organization as Global Scientific Guild, Karnataka, India. The guild is not even creative or transparent enough to invent a last name and title for the signature line of its spam, leaving us with "Sandy B" as the person "awaiting your swift and favorable reply." Still, if you are lonely, you could give Sandy (or whoever it is) a call at +91 9491 456 452, where "We Feel Happy to Talk." Sandy must be extremely knowledgeable, as his or her title is "Forensic Science."
- From: Sandy B [forensic@gsguild.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 5:00 PM
Subject: 2nd Global Webinar On Forensic Science
Dear KayeDavid H,
Good day!
On behalf of the Organizing committee, we are pleased to invite you as a speaker at the upcoming 2nd Global Webinar on Forensic Science which is going to be held during July 23-25, 2021 as an online event.
Please find the details of the webinar here: ...
Organizing Committee Members:
Dr. Anthony Schembri, University of South Florida, United States
Dr. Vickie Burgin, NPCC Forensic Capability Network, United Kingdom
Dr. Anna Barbaro, Worldwide Association of Women Forensic Experts, Italy
Dr. Peter J. Faulding, Specialist Group International Ltd, United Kingdom
Dr. Rakhi Khanna, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Jaipur, India
Dr. Domingo Magliocca, Geographic Profiling Analyst, Italy
Prof. Beatrice Gabriela Ioan, Grigore T Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, Romania
Mrs. Madhusree Konala, Telangana Forensic Science Laboratory, India
Dr. Ruwan Uduwerage-Perera, University of East London,, United Kingdom
Dr William Raymond Belcher, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
As travelling is not recommended, webinar would be an ideal opportunity to interact with global experts. Use this occasion to share your scientific excellence and be a part of this esteemed webinar.
Awaiting your swift and favorable reply
With Best Wishes,
Sandy B -
From: Sandy B [forensic@gsguild.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 11:30:21 PM EDT
Subject: 2ⁿᵈ Global Webinar on Forensic Science
Dear Dr. David HKaye,
Greetings
We are cordially inviting you as a speaker for our upcoming webinar on 2md Global Webinar on Forensic Science which is going to be held on July 23-25, 2021.
Webinar Details: 2nd Global Webinar on Forensic Science July 23-25, 2021 | 3 Days Online Event
Organizing Committee Members: ...
To avail your speaker slot submit your abstract: ...
For any further information please feel free to contact us
Awaiting for your response
With Regards
Sandy B
Forensic Science -
From: Sandy B [forensic@gsguild.org]
Sent: Fri, May 7, 3031 at 12:06 PM
Subject: 2nd Global Webinar on Forensic Science
Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
Greetings
We are cordially inviting you as a speaker for our upcoming webinar on 2nd Global Webinar on Forensic Science which is going to be held on July 23-25, 2021.
Webinar Details: 2nd Global Webinar on Forensic Science July 23-25, 2021 | 3 Days Online Event | Find the attached previous program https://globalscientificguild.com/forensic-science-webinar/index.php
For any further information please feel free to contact us
Awaiting for your response
With Regards
Sandy B
Forensic Science
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since recently I've gotten E-Mail-invitation for nanotechnology event, but actually I am an anthropologist and they referred my paper which is 12 years back. So I treated it as spam and I infer this must be a mass mailing to people whom they have not bothered to assess, there is nothing in the website which looks like predatory website absolutely.
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ReplyDeleteIts completely a fake Organisation sending invitations with fake names. You will never see the person who contacted you in email at onsite, you will find only the following persons at every conference Jyothi, Sravya, Navya, Hari Prasad, Laxmi, Alekya.
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I also received information from Global Scientific Guild via LinkedIn as an invite. It looked shady because it was super vague. I asked them to email me the information.
ReplyDeleteThe email format and typos told me all I need to know.
This was an invite to present for their 3rd Global Conference, coming from an email as generic as 'publichealth@gsciguild.info'. The message reads,
"Thanks for taking out the time from your day and replying to us. The 3rd Global webinar on public health is a 3-day live event organized by the global scientific guild.
Experts in the fields of public health and its branches are the most audience, students and professors.
Speakers will get 25-30 minutes of time to deliver their presentation and they will receive a certificate for their participation.
You can deliver any of the topics related to public health, many topics are listed on our official website.
You can also deliver about your research work or about your published papers.
Share your recent biography, photo and submit your abstract about the talk you going to deliver. For more information visit our website here: https://www.globalscientificguild.com/public-health/
Feel free to ask for any further assistance.
Best regards,
B. Shiva Prasad
Program Manager"
Beware.
And Universities should warn new and inexperienced students.
-sb
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