Thursday, February 21, 2019

Vision Science Research and Universe Scientific Publishing

Many people have been getting variations on the following spam:

From: Academic Cooperation [angela@usp-pl.net]
Date: Feb. 21, 2019, 6:50 PM [and 2/22/19 2:06 AM]
Subject: Invitation letter to join the VSR
Dear Dr.
Vision Science Research is a global scientific research institute located in Malaysia. It has a professional team of multinational experts and academic intellectuals. It is with great honor and most respect that we invite you to partake in the research projects within your field of study.
With the ambition to improve the image of our institution we intend to invite scholars from various scientific fields to make an alliance with us. Without any doubt on your competence and experience and years of research in your predilected field of study, Vision Science Research sincerely desire to have an opportunity to collaborate with you.
We patiently await for a favorable respond.
Yours sincerely
Angela
Vision Science Research Sdn Bhd.

Registration data on usp-pl.net suggests a Chinese origin. The domain name usp-pl.com is registered to WhoisGuardProtected, a company in Panama. The .net website talks a lot about cooperation and lists a couple of conferences.

The .com website houses Universe Scientific Publishing journals such as "Nature·Science·Human" (ISSN: 2251-2594), which is "aiming at the reality of the rise of China" by "introducing China's academic achievements to the world." The contact address is Universe Scientific Publishing Pte. Ltd., Editorial Office, 35 Hougang Avenue 7 #04-07, Singapore 538802, 0065-6753-8753, contact@usp-pl.com.

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