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Scholarly spam • «Wulfenia»

I just got one of those utterly funny spam messages… And yes, I recognize everybody likes building a name for themselves. But some spammers are downright silly.

I just got the following mail:

From: Hermine Wolf <hwolf850@gmail.com>
To: me, obviously 😉
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:18:58 -0700
Subject: Make sure that your manuscript gets indexed and showcased in the prestigious Scopus database soon.
Message-ID: <CAEZZb3XCXSc_YOeR7KtnoSK4i3OhD=FH7u+A5xSMsYvhQZojQA@mail.gmail.com>

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*Dear Esteemed Author,*


Upon careful examination of your recent research articles available online,
we are excited to invite you to submit your latest work to our esteemed    
journal, '*WULFENIA*'. Renowned for upholding high standards of excellence 
in peer-reviewed academic research spanning various fields, our journal is 
committed to promoting innovative ideas and driving advancements in        
theoretical and applied sciences, engineering, natural sciences, and social
sciences. 'WULFENIA' takes pride in its impressive 5-year impact factor of 
*1.000* and is highly respected in prestigious databases including the     
Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI Thomson Reuters), Index Copernicus,   
Elsevier BIOBASE, and BIOSIS Previews.                                     
                                                                           
*Wulfenia submission page:*                                                
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We sincerely value your consideration of 'WULFENIA' as a platform to       
present your scholarly work. We eagerly anticipate receiving your valuable 
contributions.                                                             

*Best regards,*                                                            
Professor Dr. Vienna S. Franz                                              

Scholarly spam

Who cares what Wulfenia is about? It’s about you, my stupid Wolf cousin!

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