FYI; I hope there's a special hell for these kind of guys, maybe one where there's panels for eternity .
Dr. Wil Burns, Editor-in-Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 2875 Shasta Road Berkeley, CA 94708 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.473.3731 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Journal home page: <http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13880292.asp> http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13880292.asp SSRN site (selected publications): <http://ssrn.com/author=240348> http://ssrn.com/author=240348 Skype ID: Wil.Burns Teaching Climate Law & Policy Blog: <http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org/> http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Langston James Goree VI Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:00 AM To: Climate Change Info Mailing List Subject: Warning! Scam conferences Dear Friends in the climate community. Lee Schipper and I are writing to alert you about a group of criminals who have been targeting the climate and environmental communities through email messages announcing fake conferences. The most recent of these scams is an email (which has NOT been circulated on our lists) announcing the following "event": Global Warming Conference Invitation Fake> This is to announce the call for papers for the Global Warming Volunteer Group Conference Fake> & Expo 11(GWVG Conference & Expo 11), 4th - 8th February 2011 at Crown London Fake> Hotel, 45-51 Buckingham Gate London, SW1E 6AF United Kingdom. The scam offers free airfare, but asks you to submit a deposit for your hotel or registration, usually by a Western Union money transfer, whose recipient cannot be traced. These scams are very sophisticated, using all of the buzz-words found in legitimate conference announcements: GWVG Conference & Expo 11 welcomes conceptual and research-based papers covering sustainable innovation, technology, product and service design and development. Papers focused on low carbon solutions and sustainable innovation related to the following topics are particularly welcomed: . Global Warming and Climate Change and the Oceans . Sustainable Environment, Health and Development . Remote Sensing and Global Surveillance . Water Resources Management . Carbon & GHG Management Some of the scam emails claim association with the United Nations. Some versions of this scam include links to fake websites that have copied the web sites of legitimate organizations. IISD has recently been successful in closing down two fake websites in the last three weeks that had content stolen from our sites. The fact that the scam continues shows that a few people fall for it each time. Do not respond to these emails. Do not send in any papers, personal information, banking details, etc. Do not wire money. If you receive an offer by email that seems too good to be true, it probably is! Lee Schipper Kimo Goree Stanford and UC Berkeley International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Langston James "Kimo" Goree VI Director, IISD Reporting Services International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) -- United Nations Office 300 E 56th St. Apt. 11D - New York, NY 10022 USA Direct Line: +1 973 273 5860 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] _____ You are currently subscribed to climate-l as: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://lists.iisd.ca/read/?forum=climate-l> View climate-l Forum <http://lists.iisd.ca/read/?forum=climate-l> Membership Options / Unsubscribe _____ IISD is pleased to announce the launch of Sustainable Development Policy & Practice A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio +20) http://uncsd.iisd.org/ We also invite you to subscribe <http://uncsd.iisd.org/about-the-uncsd-l-mailing-list/#subscribe_uncsd-l> to UNCSD-L and post <http://uncsd.iisd.org/about-the-uncsd-l-mailing-list/#postings_uncsd-l> your UNCSD-related activities on this community listserv. Subscribe / More Information <http://uncsd.iisd.org/about-the-uncsd-l-mailing-list/> View UNCSD-L Forum <http://lists.iisd.ca/read/?forum=uncsd-l> _____ Subscribe to all other IISD Reporting Services' free newsletters and lists for environment and sustainable development policy professionals at http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
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