Facebook spam
Dec. 9th, 2009 07:41 pmI just received this odd message on Facebook and, apparently, many others have as well.
Subject: Adaptive laser range scanning using quality metrics
Dear [![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dracodraconis ],
While researching publishable academic papers at the Library of Carleton University , I came across a reference to a work entitled Adaptive laser range scanning using quality metrics .
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG specializes in the publication
of theses and dissertations.
I am therefore wondering if you would be interested in cooperating with us
towards a worldwide marketed publication of your work.
Your reply including an e-mail address to which I could send an e-mail with
further information in an attachment would be greatly appreciated.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
--
Kind Regards,
Toolasee Marooodamoothoo
Acquisition Editor Team Leader
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG
Dudweiler Landstraße 99,
66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
Fon +49 681 3720-310
Fax +49 681 3720-3109
t.maroodamoothoo@lap-http://
Handelsregister Amtsgericht Saarbrücken HRA 10752
Partner with unlimited liability:
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Handelsregister Amtsgericht Saarbrücken HRB 16777
Board of Directors: Dr. Wolfgang Müller (Chairman/Vors.), Christoph Schulligen, Jürgen Gerber, Esther von Krosigk
Supervisory Board: Prof. Dr. Johannes G. Bischoff (Chairman/ Vors.), RA Thomas Bischoff, RA André Gottschalk
Dear [
dracodraconis ],While researching publishable academic papers at the Library of Carleton University , I came across a reference to a work entitled Adaptive laser range scanning using quality metrics .
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG specializes in the publication
of theses and dissertations.
I am therefore wondering if you would be interested in cooperating with us
towards a worldwide marketed publication of your work.
Your reply including an e-mail address to which I could send an e-mail with
further information in an attachment would be greatly appreciated.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
--
Kind Regards,
Toolasee Marooodamoothoo
Acquisition Editor Team Leader
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG
Dudweiler Landstraße 99,
66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
Fon +49 681 3720-310
Fax +49 681 3720-3109
t.maroodamoothoo@lap-http://
Handelsregister Amtsgericht Saarbrücken HRA 10752
Partner with unlimited liability:
VDM Verwaltung Aktiengesellschaft
Handelsregister Amtsgericht Saarbrücken HRB 16777
Board of Directors: Dr. Wolfgang Müller (Chairman/Vors.), Christoph Schulligen, Jürgen Gerber, Esther von Krosigk
Supervisory Board: Prof. Dr. Johannes G. Bischoff (Chairman/ Vors.), RA Thomas Bischoff, RA André Gottschalk
Yes, this is the title of my dissertation, but 1) it is already published as, well, a doctoral dissertation, and 2) parts have also been published in the Journal of Electronic Imaging.
LAP publishing appears to exist (or at least has a web page and domain, which does not itself guarantee their existence) and even have a truly impressive number of titles listed on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Blackwell Publishing (with whom I've worked in the past.) The question, of course, that comes to mind is why they are sending messages to graduate students offering to publish their masters or doctoral thesis free-of-charge? The whole things smells of a scam, so I'm leaving this well alone (other than the few minutes I've spent satisfying my curiosity.)