Muki HaklayNov 2, 2023
Wow, one of my PhD students spotted an APC scam. A paper that had been accepted to a journal and went online triggered a scam email that asked for the Article Processing Charges (>$3000) to an email address that used the name of the journal but at gmail.com . I can see how people at a very early stage of publication can fall for it. Be careful #phdchat #openscience #openaccess
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@mhaklay Can you send me more information please. I would like to alert my peers o this email scam.

Thank you

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@ZillaMon this is what it looks like
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@mhaklay thank you very much. This is very helpful. Academics are always operating on waifer thin funds and scams like these make it so much harder.