Fake academic and scientific conferences

Both of the below have had academic attendees who have said that the conferences may exist but are either not what they are advertising or of very low quality. In some cases academic staff have found themselves listed on events which they know nothing about. We have a current event now under investigation at Roehampton based on a genuine international conference we are organising.

WASET

• https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/predatory-conferences-now-outnumber-official-scholarly-events
• https://wasetwatch.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/waset-academic-conference-scam/

OMICS / Allied Academies

• http://www.readfearn.com/2018/01/all-those-omics-linked-companies-in-one-place/#more-2363
• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/dementia-conference-fraud-1.3941354

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