Re: China conference scam

["Shalla, Kevin" <kshalla () UIC EDU>]

I wonder what the motivation was. Is it to start a conference from scratch, hoping to get participants based upon 
fictitious attendance of others, or is it to receive conference registration fees for a fictitious conference?

Kevin

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Di 
Fabio, Andrea
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 8:04 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] China conference scam

I apologize for cross posting, but in the interest of information sharing and to ensure the safety of those who may be 
affected, we though it prudent to send this.

We received a call from our one of our professors earlier today.  She detailed how she received an email inviting her 
to speak at a conference in China.  She checked the site that accompanied the message and found that she knew several 
of the speakers listed.  The site looks like any other conference web site.  It is detailed and organized with care.  
The email was well written, both professionally and grammatically.

She went ahead and approached her department and received approval to be sponsored for the trip. She contacted "emma at 
wcmfcon . com" and was scheduled for a session.  During the process of getting everything setup and corresponding with 
"Emma" in China, she emailed some of those she knew that where scheduled to speak.  She found that they were not 
scheduled nor had any idea of the conference.  She decided to notify us to let us know and obviously declined to the 
speaking engagement.

See attached document for more details on this scam.