Stack 'em, pack 'em, and rack 'em
(Magnus Conferences)
Magnus Conferences specialise in the other side of the predatory coin from publishing: scamming people to attend garbage-tier conferences. Obviously, this market has been dented somewhat by the pandemic. So they're now offering physical/virtual hybrid events.
What Magnus proposes, presumably to maximise revenue optimise the use of facilities, is to shove as many conferences together in one place and time.
If there's anything remarkable about this, it's how one organisation can be so disorganised as to use three different domain names.* Sharon Grace is obviously more clued in than the others, since she uses the same email address in her signature as the one from which her missive is sent, and which will be the default reply-to address. Jasmine Lee, meanwhile, is the nutter; she's not sure which one's correct, so she uses them both. And Mathew Brown is clearly the dunce, he has no email address in his signature at all.
If they were the Three Stooges, I'd say that Shaz was Moe; Jaz was Larry; and Mat was Curly.
From: "Toxicology 2022 | Rome, Italy" <toxicology@magnus-conferences.net>
Sharon Grace Conference Manager | TOXICOLOGY 2022 Email: toxicology@magnus-conferences.net Phone: + 1 (702) 988-2320 WhatsApp: +1 434-381-1007 ----------------------------------------- 150 South Wacker Dr #2400 Chicago, IL 60606, USA
From: =?UTF-8?B?UHJvYmlvdGljcyAyMDIyIHwgUm9tZSwgSXRhbHk=?= <probiotics@magnusmeets.com>
Which Outlook renders as: Probiotics 2022 | Rome, Italy <probiotics@magnusmeets.com>
Jasmine Lee | Conference Manager PROBIOTICS 2022 | Hybrid Event Email: probiotics@magnus-conferences.net Phone: +1 702 988 2320 WhatsApp: +1 434-381-1007 --------------------------------------------------- 150 South Wacker Drive #2400 Chicago, IL 60606, USA
From: "Pharmaceutics 2022 | Rome, Italy" <pharmaresearch@magnusmeeting.com>
Mathew Brown | Conference Manager Pharma 2022 | Rome, Italy Phone: +1 702 988 2320 WhatsApp: +1 434-381-1007 ------------------------------------ 150 South Wacker Drive #2400 Chicago, IL 60606, USA
* Actually, there are at least three others—magnusmeet.com; magnus-conference.net; and magnusgroupevents.com—which I've received email from, but never bothered commenting on.
Just checking the Magnus Conferences website, for events being held in Rome this coming June. Do you notice a pattern? If you go to the conferences' sites and look at the conference group photos
, you'll notice more patterns! (wink)
- 6th Edition of Global Conference on Pharmaceutics And Novel Drug Delivery Systems
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 13–14 June
- 2nd Edition of Euro-Global Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 13–14 June
- International Conference and Expo on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 13–14 June
- 2nd Edition of Chemistry World Conference
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 13–14 June
- 5th Edition of International Conference on Neurology And Neurological Disorders
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 15–16 June
- International Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia Conference
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 15–16 June
- 2nd Edition of International Nutrition Research Conference
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 15–16 June
- International Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 15–16 June
- 2nd Edition of World Congress on Infectious Diseases
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 17–18 June
- Virology World Conference
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 17–18 June
- International Conference and Expo on Clinical Microbiology
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 17–18 June
- International Conference and Expo on Applied Microbiology
- Wyndham Rome Midas, Via Raffaello Sardiello 22
- 17–18 June
Jasmine Lee has made a return to my inbox, to further pimp PROBIOTICS-2022. Perhaps someone told her that her email addresses didn't match, because she's changed them. Not one of them, both of them…to two new and completely different ones. Honestly, she's such a ditz at times.
Which may be why she informs me that It is an amazing opportunity to demonstrate your competence in this field of work
. This comes as some surprise, because I didn't realise that I had any. Consuming the odd probiotic yoghurt every so often has to be setting the barrier ridiculously low to qualify.
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From: "Probiotics 2022 | Rome, Italy" <events@resmedjrnlopenaccess.biz>
Jasmine Lee Program Manager | PROBIOTICS-2022 Email: probiotics@scientific-meetings.com Phone: + 1 (702) 988-2320 WhatsApp: +1 (434) 382-1007 -------------------------------- 150 South Wacker Drive #2400 Chicago, IL 60606, USA
While Jaz was able to maintain her past performance, Shaz has slipped, and fallen from grace, hohoho! The reply-to address no longer matches the one in her signature.
At least the Three Stooges only had one Larry.
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From: "Toxicology 2022 | Rome, Italy" <events@resmedjrnlopenaccess.biz>
Sharon Grace Program Manager | Toxicology-2022 Email: toxicology@scientific-meetings.com Phone: + 1 (702) 988-2320 WhatsApp: +1 (434) 382-1007 -------------------------------- 150 South Wacker Drive #2400 Chicago, IL 60606, USA
The ditz's back! And another month, another invitation to PROBIOTICS-2022. Once again, Jaz's mixin' it up, changing the From and Reply-To headers, but keeping them different to her signature email.
The theme of the conference is Deciphering the Scientific Landscape on Probiotics and Prebiotics
. If it were Deciphering the Changing of Email Headers to Circumvent Junk Mailer Rules
, it might just be that my contribution to this field will be significant and impactful.
From: "Probiotics 2022 | Rome, Italy" <probiotics@magcongress.com> Reply-To: "Probiotics 2022 | Rome, Italy" <probiotics@magcongress.com> Subject: Grab the new ideas
Jasmine Lee Program Manager | PROBIOTICS-2022 Email: probiotics@scientific-meetings.com Phone: + 1 (702) 988-2320 WhatsApp: +1 (434) 382-1007 -------------------------------- 150 South Wacker Drive #2400 Chicago, IL 60606, USA
Shaz hasn't managed to redeem herself. Although she's changed her From and Reply-To headers, they're still not aligned with her signature email, which she's kept from last month. Clearly, she's trying to circumvent my blocked sender's list, as if that's likely to increase the chances of my registering; it's not, quite the opposite in fact.
But, this did pique my interest: After finding your brilliant research background in google database, our scientific committee has shortlisted your name and we would be honoured if you would join us as a Speaker at Toxicology-2022.
Simply because it rang a bell.
And, wouldn't you know it, Shaz's brothel mate, Laura Oliveira, attempted the same flattery to solicit my attendance at Gynec-2022. I shudder to think what brilliant research background
Google's database has on me, that makes me eligible to speak at both a gynaecology and a toxicology conference. That's gotta be some scary sheeit! (shrug)
From: "Toxicology 2022 | Rome, Italy" <toxicology@intl-congress.com> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:53:56 +0000 Subject: Glad to have you as speaker Reply-To: "Toxicology 2022 | Rome, Italy" <toxicology@intl-congress.com> Sender: toxicology@intl-congress.com
With best personal regards Sharon Grace Program Manager | Toxicology-2022 Email: toxicology@scientific-meetings.com Phone: + 1 (702) 988-2320 WhatsApp: +1 (434) 382-1007 -------------------------------- 150 South Wacker Drive #2400 Chicago, IL 60606, USA
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Ruairi Mackenzie, writing for Technology Networks, covered the issue of predatory conferences in Inside a “Fake” Conference: A Journey Into Predatory Science (11.07.2019). A disturbing read that shows even seasoned veterans can be misled by the unscrupulous money-grubbers of the predatory publishing and conference circuits.