Cybercrime targets the scientific world

Some scientists are becoming targets of cyber criminals, when they trick them into attending fake conferences and paying in advance.

Online fraud is becoming more sophisticated (Photo: illustration)

These fake conferences are advertised on websites as real as they are by getting big companies or government agencies to sponsor them.

The BBC said it had seen emails from two African scientists planning to speak at several conferences in London but they withdrew when asked to pay in advance.

On this still-on-site website, a conference was organized by the ' Global Warming Phenomenon Group ' at Crown London Hotel - the name of this fake hotel is similar to the true Crowne Plaza hotel but There are no seminars held here.

Trick the scientist to fake climate websites since 2007, when an email was sent to some scientists with the content " We would like to announce that you have been selected as a partner in the anti-campaign. the global warming again . ".

Currently, this trick is becoming more and more complicated. Some pages also named famous climate experts such as executive secretaries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and claimed to receive funding from the United Nations General Assembly.

Later, the crooks asked the scientist to pay in advance the cost of accommodation and travel in the $ 273-410 range but promised to return later.