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From:           	"[log in to unmask] - Editorial Communications" <[log in to unmask]>
To:             	"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:        	Alert: Fraudulent email being circulated
Date sent:      	Thu, 7 Aug 2008 15:21:17 +0100

This is an automated message which is sent to you on behalf of your
Publishing Editor at Elsevier, Anthony Newman

Dear Dr. Bullock,

As you may already be aware, fraudulent e-mail solicitations for
scholarly papers have been circulating which claim to originate from
Elsevier, Inc. and are directed to prospective authors and editors.

We are concerned about these emails and want to alert our 
community to this. We also want to protect our community as well as 
helping you to recognize fraudulent and/or phishing emails.  

The fraudulent e-mail messages currently in circulation, generally
contain "Manuscript Submission" or "Call for Papers" in the subject
line and are typically sent using e-mail accounts supported by Gmail,
Hotmail or by other free e-mail providers. Typically, the body of
these messages contain a "Call for Papers," requesting that authors
submit scholarly articles via e-mail for publication by Elsevier in
various Elsevier journals and other publications. Ultimately, these
fraudulent e-mails involve a request for the victims to send "handling
fees" to cover the processing of the article that has been submitted.

Please be assured that Elsevier, Inc. is in no way associated with
this fraudulent e-mail campaign. Elsevier is currently investigating
this fraud to identify the persons responsible and to bring them to
justice.

In addition, please be advised that Elsevier does not solicit
intellectual property from authors in this fashion, and does not
utilize Gmail, Hotmail, or any other free third-party e-mail providers
in communications with authors and editors.

If you receive any e-mail messages that appear to be a part of this 
fraudulent solicitation, DONOT respond to the message and do not 
open any attachments contained in the message. Rather, please 
forward the message to Elsevier's Fraud Department at 
mailto:[log in to unmask] We will use the information 
included in the message to aid in our investigation. If you know of 
someone who has received this message, please pass along the 
above information and ask them also to forward the message to the 
Elsevier's Fraud Department.  

Thank you for your understanding and your cooperation.

Kind regards,

Anthony Newman
mailto:[log in to unmask]

Tips on how to recognize fraudulent and/or phishing emails:

WHAT IS PHISHING?
An internet phishing scam uses emails or websites to trick you into
providing sensitive personal and financial information that the
perpetrator then uses to access your account.

TIPS TO HELP AVOID GETTING HOOKED BY A PHISHING SCAM:

* Be suspicious of emails from people you don't know.
* Do not reply to an email or pop-up message that requests personal,
financial, or other private information. These messages often appear
to be from a legitimate business and ask you to enter sensitive
information claiming that there is a "problem" with your account or
that your account is in danger of being "deactivated." Sometimes 
these
messages are sent in bulk, and are not personalized or directly
addressed to you. In other cases, they may be directly addressed to
you. If you have doubts about whether a message is authentic, find 
the
proper telephone number from a financial statement, credit card or
other authentic source (not from the suspect e-mail) and call that
number to make an inquiry. * Do not call any telephone numbers in 
an
email or pop-up message (or any attachments or links in the 
message)
asking you to call and provide personal, financial, or other private
information. Scammers are able to mask their phone numbers so that 
it
is impossible for you to tell where your call is actually being
routed. * Do not click on a website link in an email or pop-up 
message
that requests personal, financial, or other private information, or
enter that information on any site that the link takes you to. Also,
don't paste that link into a new web browser. Scammers often make it
seem like the link will take you to one web address when they are
actually taking you to a completely different website - one which may
infect your computer with a virus, spyware, or other malicious
computer programs. * Be cautious about opening attachments or
downloading files from emails, regardless of who sent them since 
they
can infect your computer with malicious programs. * Do not email
sensitive personal, financial, or other private information. Email is
not a secure method of transmitting personal information. * Review
your credit card and bank account statements as soon as you get 
them
to check for unauthorized activity. * Use anti-virus and anti-spyware
software and a firewall to guard against scammers who are trying to
access the information on your computer or track your activities on
the Internet. Update these security systems regularly.

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Dr David Bullock
Director, Birmingham Quality
P O Box 3909, Birmingham B15 2UE, U K
FAX: 0121 414 1179 [+44 121 414 1179]

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