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Even more spam from scientific publishers

August 12th, 2009 ·

Today I got another spam from ACM, plus a spam from “World Scientific Publishing” that tries to look like they are acting on behalf of Purdue University. I have appended the one from World Scientific Publishers in the hopes that it will shame them into avoiding spam in the future. Why would Purdue University consent to such behavior?


Dear friend,

Purdue University has named World Scientific as its publisher for the notes from its immensely popular “Electronics from the Bottom Up” nanoelectronic devices and materials lectures! The press release outlining the milestone collaboration is appended in the email.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any queries.

Thank you and regards,
Jason Lim
Marketing Executive
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
5 Toh Tuck Link
Singapore 596224
Tel. +65 6466 5775 ext. 247
Fax. +65 6467 7667
Email: cjlim@wspc.com

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