Private Email & identity theft

  • Case 14

    Another fake subscription came yesterday 02.07.2025,some days after an important post on LinkedIn. I did not receiveany of this sort for months, but cyber-obsession does not stop.As one can see, somebody has subscribed me without my consentagain. The paper that is suggested to be publishedis already published, so the person(s) who sent theEmail seems to…

  • Case 13

    And the fun never ends, yesterday 23:05.2025 I was invited to be a speaker at a conference about Climate  . I am very thankful for the honour, but if it’s not about AgenticAI #AgenticAI I’d rather not do it since I am not an expert in non-AI fields (… and in AI, I am still continuously learning).…

  • Case 11

    Not one, but 3 different EMails (!!!) added me without my permission in Google Groups. The EMails are forwarded to the authorities. Workshop invitations haven’t stopped; I asked the person who sent a new invitation where they got my EMail and there is no answer until today (27.04.2025). He is a very respectable researcher (no…

  • Case 10

    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…

  • Case 9

    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…

  • Case 8

    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…

  • Case 7

    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…

  • Case 6

    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…

  • Case 5

    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…