tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post277740329207225724..comments2024-03-25T17:34:35.600+11:00Comments on Sarah Stewart: Academic spam from Dr Yao LuSarah Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480597227427423793noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-86437868943570784432019-03-06T08:54:53.463+11:002019-03-06T08:54:53.463+11:00Yao Lu is a very common name, it seems, as a searc...Yao Lu is a very common name, it seems, as a search will reveal, so you and Sarah may be referring to different people. I've met one of them with that name, following an invitation, and it all worked out.Brian Josephsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092041074557357975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-48030731121330613632018-04-08T20:36:35.471+10:002018-04-08T20:36:35.471+10:00Dear SanJaypre
I have read your message, and I go...Dear SanJaypre<br /><br />I have read your message, and I got a similar message . It is really very realistic and interesting, I am very keen to meet them in China and see for potentail collaborations (that is what really interest us all) <br />What was your experience after this message? <br />Thank you in advance creatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122040779071165126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-5275650201389607442017-07-20T23:55:53.937+10:002017-07-20T23:55:53.937+10:00Hi All,
I work at Yale and I received couple of em...Hi All,<br />I work at Yale and I received couple of emails from these guys about international collaborations. She wrote that she is from Chinese Science-technology exchange platform, and would like to collaborate and collaborate on scientific problems for mutual benefits. Then I got an email from Dr. Yao Lu.<br /><br />Here is what Dr. Yao Lu said:<br /><br />"I am the consultant of Xuzhou Third People's Hospital, and arrange for scientists to give lectures in China at some hospitals and universities for potential collaborations. Once having your specific dates for visit China and the scanned copy of your passport, I will send you the required documents (i.e. formal Invitation letter and lodging confirmation) for your visa application. Best regards"<br /><br />All looks legit. They are offering money to do my research either here in USA or in China. And if I don't want want to do research, they are offering hefty money for me to be a consultant. <br /><br />And I have been invited to china for 7 days, all expenses paid, and present my research work. I am not sure what to make of it. <br />sanjayprehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287804158212618389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-88144577724275649862013-09-14T06:25:11.046+10:002013-09-14T06:25:11.046+10:00Dear All.
I just received one from Dr. Mengxiong L...Dear All.<br />I just received one from Dr. Mengxiong Li.<br />Thanks for the helpful posts.<br />Kind Regards,<br />Gareth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639587426276909170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-73731855164861569832013-09-14T06:22:16.711+10:002013-09-14T06:22:16.711+10:00Dear All.
I just received one from Dr. Mengxiong L...Dear All.<br />I just received one from Dr. Mengxiong Li.<br />Thanks for the helpful posts.<br />Kind Regards,<br />Gareth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639587426276909170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-55837063823878303532012-09-24T02:13:01.160+10:002012-09-24T02:13:01.160+10:00EPS seem to "organize" these conferences...EPS seem to "organize" these conferences also in India. I got an invitation to an international conference on the topic of integrated psychiatry and clinical psychology from a "Dr. Sagar Lavania". However, they made a couple of mistakes - which I won't reveal here, as perhaps "Dr. Lu" read this forum too ;) - so that you can figure out by a bit of googling that it these spams are also originated from EPS.psiloidushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00123080505869671247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-83048795726535185512012-08-29T06:01:15.671+10:002012-08-29T06:01:15.671+10:00hanetwo15It is all fake. I just came back from Chi...hanetwo15It is all fake. I just came back from China where i was a guest spekaer at Dr. Yao LU Congress. There was 12 speakers each from different area of discipline ex: zoologist, psychiatrist, dentist and etc. There was NO AUDIENCE not even chinese . The only audience were guest speakers.The title of Congress was completely changed, of course which is typical for EPS company. SCAM SCAM just to take money. It is all business and has nothing to do with science. I dont think anybody wants to fly and pay for the airfare and etc just to stay in average Hotel offered By Dr. Yao LU in a most poluted town in China where sun does not come. Even photos of the Hospital were fake....moreover as a proof and source for future marketting DR . Yao LU staff was taking photos all day long. Moreover we found out from the Hospital staff , that our stay was paid by Hospital and Dr. Lu did not spend a dime.guiguinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-60104189407262085582012-08-24T07:48:03.605+10:002012-08-24T07:48:03.605+10:00Here's a question for you all. Does academic p...Here's a question for you all. Does academic pride make us gulliable to schemes such as this?Sarah Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480597227427423793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-85967226619308094852012-08-23T19:26:40.185+10:002012-08-23T19:26:40.185+10:00Dear Sarah,
Thanks for this topic. I just got an i...Dear Sarah,<br />Thanks for this topic. I just got an invitation to speak at a respiratory conference in China.<br />The pdf link is as below:<br />http://worldsciencenet.com/~scnet/pdf/JingzhouRespiratoryMedicine2012.pdf<br />Glad to learn I should ignore this. Thanks for posting this :)<br /><br />Dayang Azizdayanganitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906355754410777938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-3855636126965308112012-08-10T11:32:36.020+10:002012-08-10T11:32:36.020+10:00I also received an email from Montreal inviting me...I also received an email from Montreal inviting me to a conference in Japan. Because I ever received the similar invitation from EPS, I found many comments said EPS meeting are fake and spam. I made an investigation and found EPS changed their website to www.worldlinkmed.com. They posted posted PDF program on this website, however, the website is always in maintenance. never available to open. Be careful! They change a new mask.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-18021231919029390142012-08-03T02:02:27.292+10:002012-08-03T02:02:27.292+10:00Add me to the list too...Just got an email from a ...Add me to the list too...Just got an email from a Dr. Mengxiong Li inviting me to the 2012 International Conference on Respiratory Medicine to take place in 4 weeks at Jingzhou's First People’s Hospital in China with a registration fee of $680. It sounded fishy so I looked up the address that appears at the bottom of the email and it was for an apartment in Montreal. I did further research and could not find this conference or reference to it and then I came upon this blog - Thanks Sarah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-29836048524888082452012-08-03T01:55:50.888+10:002012-08-03T01:55:50.888+10:00Also add me to the list.. Just received an email f...Also add me to the list.. Just received an email from a Dr. Mengxiong Li inviting me to the Jingzhou 2012 International Conference on Respiratory Medicine in Jingzhou, China with a registration fee of $680. It appeared fishy so I decided to check out the Montreal address that appears at the bottom of the email and found that its for an apartment. I did further research and could not find the conference or reference to it and then I came upon this blog - thank you Sarah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-38872193721607918042012-07-20T01:19:35.175+10:002012-07-20T01:19:35.175+10:00this is for " Gine said..."
The email th...this is for " Gine said..."<br />The email that you copied is a fraud probably not related to EPS Global or Yao Lu (that I know preety well and in person).<br />I got 3 or 4 similar "help requests " from some of my hotel's past guests (italians and foreigners including one Indian Lady actually over 80...) and finally found with the help of the Postal Police that is a new way of fraud as the ones coming from "Sister or wife of a past president of Oil Companies...".<br />Indeed it's better to double check when talking about money factor...<br />With regards of EPS Canada, they really host conferences and co-operate with some well known University worldwide.<br />Best regards<br />Suita Carrano<br />Ravello - ItalySuita Carranonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-77163688891571834812012-07-13T01:55:23.909+10:002012-07-13T01:55:23.909+10:00Add me to the list ..... Just recieve an invitatio...Add me to the list ..... Just recieve an invitation in china in mid august ! As a valuable speaker! With my article already published in2009 .... <br />My question is why no body can stop these poeple ? <br />Thx for this blog<br />Dr.suhair alAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-23942799268599966762012-04-05T06:33:43.622+10:002012-04-05T06:33:43.622+10:00Apr 4, 2012: Anonymous from Minneapolis again. We&...Apr 4, 2012: Anonymous from Minneapolis again. We've gotten the same invitation to the Shanghai 2012 International Forum on Family Medicine *4 x* now! They have a brochure that you can download by clicking the link in the letter, they list topics (but no speakers and the meeting is a month away) and they're still charging all their "invited speakers" $700Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-15387728874887780152012-03-25T06:13:06.449+11:002012-03-25T06:13:06.449+11:00March 24, 2012: I'm from Minneapolis and my bo...March 24, 2012: I'm from Minneapolis and my boss has been bombarded with these invitations for some time now. I think EPS has wised-up and dropped that name (the references to the invitee's papers that have nothing to do with the subject of the conference have long since disappeared, as now has "Dr. Yao Lu"), although we continue to get invitations from them. The wording is similar (with, as Martin Vermeer describes, no concrete programme, babble about getting together, babble about the beautiful host city ...), but now the letters we get are ostensibly directly from some hospital or other in China (and now it's always China, never Canada, Italy, Turkey or anywhere else any more), although at the bottom of the e-letter in small grayish type you still see the address on Maisonneuve Ouest, and in the downloaded brochures there's a different Montreal address which looks incomplete (Dr. Shouwei Yang & Dr. Xiaohong Ran, [blank line], GERTRUDE 3551, Montreal H4G 1R4). <br /><br />I still have the list of 2012 EPS conferences and would be curious to know if any of them are still being "held" (if enough suckers show up, and then they'll just change the topic), or even sending out invitations (6 weeks before the date) ☺ ? One of these supposed meetings (July 24-25, Montreal) has something to do with earthquake prediction, which my boss has been interested in lately, but what do I wanna bet it's off, if it was ever on in the first place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-17672914709668577332012-02-15T22:25:18.864+11:002012-02-15T22:25:18.864+11:00I have been a victim of this too. I actually atten...I have been a victim of this too. I actually attended one of Dr.Yao Lu's conferences in china. Conference did take place but attended by about 30 people and everyone was a speaker. think of it- no speakers' list, no editorial board,no organising committee, no topics mentioned 4 weeks prior to conference! He makes money out of orgnaising these fake conferences. I still keep invited to his conferences to present the same paper!Is there a way to stop this guy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-26309230673251037852012-01-25T06:49:16.248+11:002012-01-25T06:49:16.248+11:00This is definitely a scam.
A European-based profes...This is definitely a scam.<br />A European-based professor I know received a new invitation for a conference in Montreal in Feb. 2012. He asked me to check it out. EPS operates from an apartment at a residential building in Montréal (funny). When I called, I got a English speaking person who when asked where the conference will be held, he referred in Chinese to a lady he called a colleague. She confirmed that the conference is at the Holiday Inn Select. I called the hotel and they have no record of such a conference. My first warning signal: An organization based in Montreal that has an English only website, does all its communication in English cannot be genuineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-78367403600862988192011-12-01T04:05:18.282+11:002011-12-01T04:05:18.282+11:00To All: This is a spam. Legitimate conferences hav...To All: This is a spam. Legitimate conferences have well known organizers and academics. I also received such invitations for more than 5 papers I have published previously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-66562997294584520522011-10-26T01:09:20.455+11:002011-10-26T01:09:20.455+11:00I just got the same kind of email, and it also too...I just got the same kind of email, and it also took me for one minute or so to stop imagining I would go to Italy for free. What I found strange is that my field of research (and the paper in question) has NOTHING to do with the conference, so why would I be keynote speaker of something nobody understands?? Clearly, it's a scam trying to make money out of registration fees.Some physicisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12849726387874350468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-76218319272502938072011-10-26T00:32:10.462+11:002011-10-26T00:32:10.462+11:00Dear Sarah, thank you for this blog. Me, I am also...Dear Sarah, thank you for this blog. Me, I am also part of all those most important and wonderful scientists invited every week to another meeting by Dr. Yao Lu and his EPS organisation.<br />To add something to the picture, please read this, I copied it from http://rmm257.blogspot.com/2010/07/spam-ference-in-china-anyone.html<br /><br />Get this... I have received numerous conference speaker requests from this fraud. Moreover, for fun, I applied to one of his job openings as a 'manuscript editor'.... here was his response:<br /><br />Dear (my name removed)<br /><br />I have received your email/CV, gone through your CV and am satisfied you have the requirement to do this job. Yes this position can be occupied from a remote location.I will like to know what location you have in mind.<br /><br />I am in the U.K now and will be coming back to Canada in some days from now.<br /><br />I know it is improper for me to be asking you this favour but i am in dire need here.I mistakenly lost my hand bag here in the U.K that contains almost everything that can return me back home including my passport,ticket,cash,credit cards etc. I am kind of stranded and will need a short time loan from you (£1,500.00) to sort things out from here.<br /><br />I will pay you back as soon as i am back to Canada after which we will arrange a meeting to conlcude on the modalities of the part time Manuscript editor job.<br /><br />If there is a way you can help,i will be very greatful. I will be needing this help urgently. I will appreciate if you can send same amount via western union money transfer to me. I can use my driver's license to receive it<br /><br />Receiver's name: Yao Lu<br />Address: London, U.K<br /><br />If you find it in your heart to help with this kind gesture, send to my email, the sender's name, sender's address and Money transfer control number MTCN.<br /><br />Once again accept my sincere apology for bothering you with this. Necessity knows no bounds and that is why i have asked for your help in this regards.<br /><br />Regards<br />Dr. Yao LuGinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-35514041515028836522011-10-22T16:23:01.743+11:002011-10-22T16:23:01.743+11:00Hi everyone, I getting at least 1 email per week i...Hi everyone, I getting at least 1 email per week inviting me to a conference from this marketing company. The last email I received actually has an 'unsubscribe' facility so hopefully I won't receive these annoying marketing emails any more.Sarah Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480597227427423793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-55038564701887429232011-10-21T23:25:12.659+11:002011-10-21T23:25:12.659+11:00Hi,
I got an invitation to the "2011 EPS Mont...Hi,<br />I got an invitation to the "2011 EPS Montreal International Forum Emerging Trends in Higher Education being held in the beautiful and historic city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada on November 19-20, 2011"<br /><br />Thank you very much for this blog. Actually, my mentioned paper was published a month ago, so I thought that's why the invitation was so late. But it was still conspicious to be invited in the first place =P Especially to a meeting with such a topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-61378802650599927632011-10-21T17:40:02.638+11:002011-10-21T17:40:02.638+11:00Hi All,
I am on the same boat to Montreal for eme...Hi All,<br /><br />I am on the same boat to Montreal for emerging... w/e. I am glad I found this blog before I take any actions about it. I really appreciate! Or we all could meet there and hang around, lol.<br /><br />Dr. J. Lim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-32625821110745045622011-10-18T18:31:02.132+11:002011-10-18T18:31:02.132+11:00I also received similar invitation by EPS Montrea...I also received similar invitation by EPS Montreal International Forum Emerging Trends in Higher Education will be held in November 19-20, 2011 in Montreal, Canada.<br />I along with few colleagues got same message.<br />Thanks for your alert and we checked it and has found it is an HOAX<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />DR RAJESH M BUDDHADEV<br />SURAT<br />INDIADr. Buddhadevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03993814655900162064noreply@blogger.com