Private Email & identity theft

Of course the people from the journal that still researching the source of my private EMail and haven’t found it yet since 26.09.2024. They are too busy sending me EMails about irrelevant reading material (since this is not on the list of things I don’t want in my official statement) and are in the same…

On the 17. April, after more than 3 months of unwanted EMails inactivity and happiness, I’ve shared the following link on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/…/urn:li:activity…/. 2-3 hours later an unwanted EMail for a workshop and a call for papers came. Is this uncorrelated? I asked back and I got the answer that I was subscribed on 16.03.2020 (5…

At 2. In January 2025 I had an offer from a very well-known and respected journal from Switzerland. Normally, it would be an honour for me to publish with them. What caught my attention though, was the start of this Email: “I’m following up on the email you received…” ?! I did not receive any…

Towards the end of 2024, I was still receiving offers for publication. I could not believe that journals wanted to collaborate with me without checking first my Google Scholar or LinkedIn profile. In one of those cases I saw that my personal EMail was in some proceedings – maybe by Typo, but I had to…

On the 18.10.2024 an Academic Publishing Editor sent me an EMail with the question if I consider“publishing your research” refering to the publication “On the Application of Machine Learning Models for Prediction and Explainable, Actionable Insights Supporting Forest Workers Safety”.From the EMail, it is not clear what they want to do with a manuscript that…

As if that was not enough, on 19.09.2024, I was also registered without my consent to a newsletter, as can be seen in figure. When I asked back where they found my Email, I got no response. Since those kinds of identity thefts do not have some direct damage – as money loss – they…

On the next day 19.09.2024, the first identity theft case was performed. The editorial team of a journal with a name starting with “Financial” registered me without my consent, as seen in figure. My tasks would probably include “review, to write articles for the journal, or to process submissions”. This is the first time that…

The third time I was contacted in my private Email address was on 18.09.2024. I replied with my standard text referring to the GDPR. I’ve received the answer on 20.09.2024 that my private Email address “was obtained as part of the creation of a scientific profile, either through prior interaction with our platform or a…

The second time I was contacted in my private Email address was 16.09.2024 – a month later. This time, I was asked by a very well known publisher in Germany to be a guest editor. By that time I have contacted lawyers who specialized with private data protection, and I had a standard answer for…

The first review request came on 11. August 2024. Asking back “who provided you my private Email address”, the person that sent the Email replied: “Dear Anna, Thank you for your email. I’m sorry, but we can not disclose who suggested you as a reviewer for this submission. As part of the peer review process,…