Magnus Group (MG), where you can sail your boat and pick the pearls

"Magnus Group (MG) is initiated to meet a need and to pursue collective goals of the scientific community specifically focusing in the field of Science, Engineering, and technology to endorse exchanging of the ideas & knowledge which facilitate the collaboration between the scientists, academicians and researchers of same field or interdisciplinary research." If that vacuous and chaotic sentence is not enough for you, the About Us page adds that

Our conference and workshops can be well titled as ‘ocean of knowledge’ where you can sail your boat and pick the pearls, leading the way for innovative research and strategies empowering the strength by overwhelming the complications associated within the respective fields.

It is a little hard to believe the Virginia  address is the international headquarters of MG. Its domain names were registered by Privacy Protect.

The conference spam I received listed Adrian Yousef Rojeab among the speakers. "The London College" at which he is said to be a "lecturer and researcher" does not have a faculty directory, and no CV seems to be anywhere else on the web. Nevertheless, it is easy to see that Dr. Rojeab is very active on the flaky conference circuit. Educated as an electrical engineer, he spoke on the same topic -- "Novel strategy to cure cancer" at least four times:

(1) in 2017 at OMICS' 19th Euro Congress on Cancer Science and Therapy (which was combined with the 25th Cancer Nursing & Nurse Practitioners Conference);
(2) the same year at the 10th International Conference on Cancer Stem Cells and Oncology Research in London; and again at
(3) Allied Academies' 2018 International Conference on Cancer Therapy in Osaka; as well as
(4) the International Conference on Immuno - Oncology and Cancer Science in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

There may be others. His name popped up on a BIT Fourth World Congress on Robotics. If you attend the Magnus conference, let us know if he has made progress on this "direct, right, and simple treatment." It is "a magnetic action on opposing the cancer cells" that inhibits "the lengthening of the telomere of the cancer."

Email

• From: Cancer 2019 [cancertech@magnusscigroup.com]
  Date: 21 June 2019 7:33 AM
  Subject: David Kaye: Reserve your seat at International Cancer Conference, 2019
  I hope this email finds you well.
  I am hoping to have the opportunity to discuss about your participation as a speaker in the upcoming conference “3rd Edition of International Cancer Conference” (ICC 2019) in September 23-25, 2019 at London, UK and would be so excited if you join us. The main theme of the conference is “Cancer Free World – Possible or Not” covers a wide range of critically important sessions. ...
  I encourage you to respond to let me know your interest to attend and deliver a lecture on your specific topic of choice at the conference, please kindly submit title of your talk and short biography as a positive acknowledgement towards your participation.
  Thanks and Regards
  Elena Edward
  Conference Manager (ICC 2019)
  1033 Sterling Rd, Unit 104 Herndon, VA 20170, USA Office +1 (702) 988-2320 Email: cancer@magnusconferences.com

Conference Next Builds "One Modest Dynamic Runway"

Conference Next advertises conferences, but I do not think it organizes any. If it has the foggiest idea of what it is advertising, there was no indication in the email praising the Flaky Journal Blog.  According to website, "Conferencenext is one such platform which uniquely positions all the conferences of all the streams, domains and nature into one modest dynamic runway."

The domain name conferencenext.com was registered by Technoarete Research And Development Association, 4a,girija appartment,mmda signal Arrumbakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600106, India, +91.9944046574, bpdevelopment15(at)gmail.com. The original registrant in 2015 was "Nier." Nier was more secretive, giving no street address and inserting the bogus telephone number +91.123456789. But Nier and the R&D association have the same postal code and gmail account.

Email

• From: Ronan James [conferencenext04@gmail.com]
  April 8, 2019, 9:52:26 AM EDT
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  I just love the great online place you're running and I would like to be a part of it by collaborating with you. I really liked the post http://flakyj.blogspot.com/ and the blog is so informative.
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  Since it has thousand of followers, subscribers and monthly more than fifteen thousand of visitors are visiting our site https://conferencenext.com/. We're giving to assure you definitely our site really useful to your regular audience. If you're interested to add our site link into your site http://flakyj.blogspot.com/.
  If you have any questions or need any help setting it up, let me know!
  Thanks
  -Ronan
  Conference Next Team

Conferences from an Unnamed Organizer in China

I am seeing more spam for conferences that do not disclose who is behind the conference -- no names (fictitious or otherwise), no addresses, nothing but a one-off conference name and website.The separate conference webpages, some of which claim to have American universities as co-sponsors, contain the same Beijing mobile telephone number: +86-13618615451. The email originated from a Chinese server, and the email addresses on the individual conference websites are for accounts from Chinese email service providers.

Conference names with the Beijing number include AICAE2019 (zai Wuhan), CEME2018 (Shanghai), CIMNS2018 (Wuhan), ECAE2018 (Wuhan), EMCAR2019 (Beijing), ICEPECA2019 (Wuhan), ICEPESE2018 (Xiamen), and SSEMR2019 (Hangzhou).

Another common feature is a promise of publication in a DEStech journal (for "excellent" papers). The publisher has been characterized as predatory.

Email

• X-Originating-IP: [122.114.120.249]
  From: SSEMR'19 [Wanda@mail3.recent-based.com]
  Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 02:30:11 +0800
  Subject: To experts/scholars: The 2019 SSEMR call for articles by 04/12
  Sending Your Paper to Join us from May 26-27, 2019
  The purpose of 2019 International Conference on Social Science, Economics and Management Research (SSEMR2019) is to serve as a platform for international exchange of ideas, collaborations, and cooperation. This platform provides an excellent venue for presentation & discussion of novel research ideas, designed to welcome academicians, professors, students, and industry practitioners. We sincerely invite you to participate us by sending your paper to us. Submission E-mail: ssemr2019@sina.com before 12 April.
  Papers’ Topics
  Theoretical, applied and, empirical research in multidisciplinary areas of business, finance, marketing, management, accounting, MIS, public administration, economics, business law, business education, and related fields are welcome.
  As for Publication
  Excellent papers will be published on Economics, Business and Management (ISSN: 2475-8868). And those will be submitted to Thomson Reuters Web of Science CPCI-SSH (ISSHP) and CNKI Scholar for indexing after the publication is over.
• X-Originating-IP: [116.255.251.15]
  From: SSEMR'19 [Eddy@mail3.other-parks.com]
  Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 16:31:36 +0800
  Subject: -This email carries our sincere expectation that you can submit-[Deadline: April 29]
  2019 International Conference on Social Science, Economics and Management Research (SSEMR2019) will be a kind of academic bridge between different cultures, scientific attitudes, and academic stages and is aimed at gathering researchers from all around the world, thus contributing for a global flow of the newest scientific thoughts and promotion of Social Science, Economics and Management Research.
  Supporting the development we welcome submissions in all academic areas related to Social Science, Economics and Management Research. Please deliver your papers to ssemr2019@sina.com before 04.29.
  Proceedings: The submitted full papers will be peer-reviewed, accepted and registered full papers will be published on Economics, Business and Management (ISSN: 2475-8868) and will be indexed by ISSHP|CNKI Scholar.
  To Solicit TPC: You can deliver your CV to ssemr2019@sina.com if you want to be the TPC of SSEMR2019.
• X-Originating-IP: [116.255.164.16]
  From: MESS2019 [Katie@mail2.destiny-look.com]
  Date: Jun 24 2019 6:35 AM
  Subject: Keynote Speaker Invitation from MESS2019
  5th Annual International Conference on Modern Education and Social Science December 20-21, 2019, Guangzhou, China Mess2019 Topics of interest include, but are not limited to 1. Human Sciences and Society 2. Education 3. Art, Law, Culture and Politics
  If you are willing to be our keynote Speaker according to your research areas, please send your CV , MUST INCLUDES Name, Title, research area, university and email to us. Email: messcpci &vip.163.com [please replace &with@] Phone: +86- 186#279#181#37
  [The publisher for (the aptly named?) MESS2019 is Atlantis Press, but DEStech was listed for previous incarnations.]

Academy of Art Science & Technology (AAST) "reaches out to all paradises and global cosmos"

The Academy of Art Science & Technology (AAST) website advertises "an awesome opportunity to join the world of scholars and become part of this conference by presenting your effort in the multiple disciplines regarding business, technology, science and social subjects." "This conference" refers to a conference in Dubai and another in Singapore. Two conferences might not sound like a lot, but every imaginable topic falls within the purview of the International Conference on Trends and Innovations in Management, Engineering, Sciences and Humanities (ICTIMESH-19)and the International Conference on Innovative Practices in Management, Engineering & Social Sciences (IPMESS-19).

The website for the latter conference vacuously explains that AAST's "main objective ... is to promote scientific and educational activities by improving the theory and practice of various disciplines and sectors." Moreover, "[t]he academy being one of the largest professional association [sic],"is not at a loss for words:

AAST International Conference is a global class interactive professional association for technical development and scientific knowledge creation where the international academics and professional community often meet and share their experience and wisdom in the forum that leads to its growth in addition to updates on cutting edge advancement on relevant research fields and technology. The academy organizes several desks of unique discussions which make our conferences a perfect platform for B2B interactions and academic niche for all scientific research oriented interactions covering the entire canopy of academic research and development that affects world academic research and relevant development association.
The academy along with its team reaches out to all developed and developing countries, paradises, exotic islands, harbour cities, hill stations, and global cosmos to make the activities of this nurtured forum provide innovative and unique solutions for challenges the world is facing."

The AAST domain name aastconference.org has an IP address in India (Haryana, Faridabad). No physical address or individual names appear on the one-page website or in the email.

Email

• From: ipmess19=aastconference.org@bounces.elasticemail.net on behalf of; IPMESS-2019 [ipmess19@aastconference.org]
  Date: Tue Apr. 9:34 AM
  Subject: IPMESS-19, Singapore Conference, June 20-23, 2019
  International conference on Innovative Practices in Management, Engineering & Social Sciences (IPMESS-19), SINGAPORE, is being organized under the ageis [sic] of Academy of Art, Science & Technology (AAST), the main objective of which is to promote scientific and educational objectives by improving the theory and practice of various disciplines and sectors. IPMESS-19 aims to provide solutions to the challengs [sic] from Industry, research and academia across the field of Engineering & technology, business management, Physical Sciences and social sciences. AAST invites papers for IPMESS-19 for Engineering and Technology, Business and Economics, Social Science & Humanities, Education and Physical life and Health Science
  Registered Participants will be offered complimentary excursion tour to Singapore Zoo and Singapore City on June 21 & 22, 2019 respectively. ...
  Sincerely your's,
  AAST Team
• From: Dr. G.K Khamba [aastconferenceseries@gmail.com[
  Date: Sun28 July 2019 8:11 PM
  Subject: ICTIMESH 19, Dubai International Conference Dec. 18-21, 2019
  Academy of Art, Science & Technology (AAST) cordially invites you to International conference on Trends & Innovations in Management, Engineering, Science & Humanities (ICTIMESH-19), DUBAI, Dec. 18-21, 2019. IPMESS-19 is an international convention for advancement of academic research in engineering & technology, business management, and social sciences that invites academics, independent scholars and researchers from around the world to meet and exchange the latest ideas, frontiers, innovations, advancements and developments in the contemporary disciplines. AAST invites papers for ICTIMESH-19 for Engineering and Technology, Business and Economics, Social Science & Humanities, Education and Physical life and Health Science
  All Participants will be offered complimentary excursion tour to Abu Dhabi and Dubai City on Dec 19 & 20, 2019 respectively.
  Important Dates: Abstract Submission deadline: Nov. 10, 2019 For Details Visit: www.aastconference.org/dubai/ Contact us: info@aastconference.org
  Sincerely
  AAST Team

OMICS Group ordered to pay $50 million for deceptive practices

A few days ago, a U.S. District Court held Srinubabu Gedela and his companies, the OMICS Group, Inc., iMedPub, and Conference Series, liable for over $50 million. It also issued a permanent injunction against many deceptive practices on the part of this nest of companies and the various other entities through which they operate (such as Allied Academies, Meetings International, and Pulsus). Excerpts from the opinion that describe the deceptive practices and other information are posted on the Flaky Academic Journals blog.

Phronesis is for "highly affiliated people"

Phronesis LLC "organize[s] international conferences across the different places in the world, with an aim to provide an excellent forum for upcoming young researchers, scientists, professors and other highly affiliated people to share their research in that particular field." Enough said, but some information on the company and its nascent journals is posted on the Flaky Academic Journals blog. According to its emails to me, I am an expert in immunology, microbiology, and polymer chemistry. Not bad for someone who has never researched or published on these subjects.

Email

• From: Immunology and Microbiology [AngieMarshall.1991@yahoo.com]
  Date: Mar 2, 2019, 11:26 PM
  Subject: Immunology and Microbiology session: Toxicology 2019
  Dear Dr. David H Kaye
  Greetings from Toxicology-2019!!
  You have been recommended by our Organizing Committee Member, for inviting you as a Speaker for our upcoming conference toxicology-2019 (International Conference on Applied Pharmacology and Toxicology) during September 23-24, 2019 at Barcelona, Spain. Since you have research related to our conference, we are honor have your presence and valuable speech at our conference under Immunology and Microbiology session. Kindly have a glance at our conference website: https://bit.ly/2NAcWev [← McAfee warned that the website is malicious.]
  Please let me know your opinion regarding the same so that we can include your talk in the tentative program.
  For any further assistance, feel free to revert back us. Looking forward to hear from you soon
  Best regards,
  Nithya
  Toxicology-2019 Conference.
  Email: toxicology@phronesisonline.net
  Please reach me at direct 1-302-469-7080 | WhatsApp: 1-302-257-6292
• From: Biopolymers [biopolymers@phronesisonline.info]
  Date: Fri 4/26/19
  Subject: Recommended by Organizing committee members: BPC-2019,USA
  Dear Dr.
  You have been recommended by our Organizing Committee Members, for inviting you as a Speaker for our Global Biopolymers & Polymer Chemistry Congress during November12-13, 2019 in Las Vegas, USA; with the theme “Present Perspective and Future Prospects of Polymer Science”.
  In this overwhelming joy, on behalf of Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to take part in our BPC-2019 Conference as a Speaker.
  We feel your participation will help us to take this conference to next level. [← not an allusion to Dante's Inferno, I hope]
  For more info, please visit http://phronesisonline.com/polymer-chemistry-congress/
  Awaiting your reply at the earliest We look forward to hear from you soon.
  Thank you,
  With Regards,
  Akira Jones
  BPC-2019
  Email:biopolymers@phronesisonline.net
  Please reach me at direct : 1-302-469-7080 | Whatsapp: +1 -302-308-5943
  ***************************************************************************
  This is not a spam message, you have received this message as you are the expert in this particular field.
  ****Note: Kindly don't tag this message as SPAM, if you are not interested reply us as Remove, so that you will never receive a message from us in future.

Lexis wants "a worldwide and everlasting bond"

The About Us page of the conference division of Lexis (not to be confused with the prominent information provider LexisNexis) is as flowery as it is vacuous:

With the indomitable aim of transforming the fields of Science, Technology and Healthcare, Lexis matches our unshakeable service ethos to the most skilled and enthusiastic professionals. [O]ur goal is to support the scientific communities and networks, as we combine to propel science and health into the future.
Lexis believe in integrating innovation with the latest research ....
MISSION: To seek out the most Dynamic, Enlightening and Modernised research, far and wide. To Educate, Innovate, Motivate. To establish a worldwide and everlasting bond between academicians, activists, experts and organisations.

The domains lexisconferences.com and lexispublisher.com are registered to Domains By Proxy rather than to the person or people who paid for them. The websites offer the primary address of Avenue Roger Vandendriessche 18, 1150 Brussels, Belgium. This address also is used by "Longdom conferences coined as ‘father of all conferences’" (https://www.longdom.com/about, 3/1/19).

A secondary address on the conference website (and in the email of 3/1/19) is Sakinah Kareem, 4211 Rainier St, Irving, TX 75062. A modest single family home is located there. Court and arrest records are reported for one Sakinah Kareem, aged 62, in Irving, Texas. The website for the conferences solicits donations for awards to students and young scientists. According to Buzzfile, the telephone number 631-433-5012 in the email is that of the Nur Jabalu Foundation, located nearby, at 4403 Rainier St, Irving, TX 75062. The foundation's CEO is Malik Kareem. Mylife.com reports that Malik is one of Sakinah's nicknames.

The publishing division is discussed on the Flaky Academic Journals blog.

Email

• From: Lexis [meetings@lexisconferences.com]
  Date: Mar 1, 2019 12:58 AM, 1:05 AM
  Subject: Anticipating your Review
  Greetings from LEXIS!
  Lexis is a brand that specializes in organizing International conferences and establishes outstanding, direct communication between the researchers whether they are working in the same field or in interdisciplinary research activities. We identify and build bridge to reduce the gap in knowledge sharing and to pursue collective goals of the scientific community specifically focusing in the field of Sciences, Engineering, and technology. We provide motivating sessions and networking session through which you can figure out how to be considerably be more audacious and strike your goal.
  Looking forward to book your calendar for our upcoming events.
  Best Regards
  Sakinah Kareem,
  Communication Assistance,
  Lexis 4211 Rainier Street, Irving, Texas 75062, USA Tel: +1-631-433-5012