I have written in the past about predatory journals and predatory meetings that we all need to watch out for. I receive emails daily aimed at prying money out of my pocket for one of these scams. I also receive occasional mails with another type of scam and thought it would be good to share with you. The emails are from predatory award organizations.
The heading is: Your research article is Winner at the World Championship in Pediatrics. Wonderful, I never knew that such a championship existed!
´World Championship organizes international meritorious competition every year for Best Thesis and Dissertation Award, Doctoral Research Award and milestone international research articles. It gives us immense pleasure to congratulate you for -´ It then refers to one of my publications from many years ago that was actually the least interesting publication of the last ten years as it was merely a letter to the editor of some insignificant journal pointing out a mistake in an article they published.
World Championship [year]
The email is sent by an predatory award organization that calls itself World Championship. When you click on this name, it leads you to the site: sites.google.com/site/worldchampionshipwinners. There, a long list of winners of the previous years is presented. Many of the winners appear to be from developing countries. At the bottom of the page, you can also apply for honorary titles, such as an honorary PhD (for a fee of course). The email goes on to ask to send a photograph and CV to plojindexing@gmail.com and a registration fee. The fee of $500 needs to be transferred to a bank in India, and the beneficiary is the World Data Centre. This fee needs to be paid within a month otherwise the award goes to the next on the list…
Note: they also use the name: IASR: International Agency for Standards and Ratings.
This predatory award organization is only known in ResearchGate
A short Google search reveals that the only reference to the World Data Centre in Rajasthan, India is in ResearchGate where various researchers discuss this scam…
The person in charge of selecting the winner in the field of Pediatrics (I was selected from no less than 5220 nominations from 87 countries!) and signing the email is Lucieta G. Martorano from Brazil. Dr. Martorano appears to be a genuine researcher, in the field of Agrometeorology, a field that has absolutely nothing to do with Pediatrics. She is also the 2018 Winner of the World Championship in Climate Change. I have asked her via email whether she is aware of these honors (she may not be!) but did not receive a reply yet. I will keep you posted.
Other predatory award organizations
IAAM
Since I wrote the above about the World Championship another predatory award organization caught my eye. It is the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) that `proposed your name for the Scientist Medal of the International Association of Advanced Materials`. The organisation is supposed to be located in Sweden. Leonid Schneider from the website For Better Science, which is a website that exposes all types of fraude in science, wrote an interesting article here about the organizer: Ashutosh Tiwari. Tiwari apparently built an entire industry of predatory publishing and conferences…
VDGOOD
Various people sent me a message that they received a young scientist award from a similar organization, VDGOOD, that asked them to pay $360 for registration to obtain the award… The organization is located in India and, in my opinion, appears to be running a scam.
One scientist received the following mail from VDGOOD:
Respected Scientist,
V.D.GOOD proud to announce your name as an award winner, and congratulations on winning the Prestigious Scientist Award in the International Scientist Award on Engineering, Science, and Medicine which will take place 06& 07-Feb-2021 at Coimbatore, India.
Your profile has been nominated and selected for this award, and we are privilege to honor you for the great achievement of your research work, this achievement will inspire the other researchers in their field, and we are glad to recognize a scientist like you in our organization
As you are accepting this award, we request you send the Updated CV to …..
I have also received multiple emails (from 1 person) claiming VDGOOD is not a scam and that I should be very careful about what I write. Is that a threat? We will see.
RULA
The International Research Ratna Awards from the International Journal of Research Under Literal Access (RULA) appears to be another award you can obtain by signing yourself up and paying a fee. The awards you can apply for are among others: Best Researcher of the Year, Best Scientist of the Year, and Best Professor of the Year. You can however also make up your own category as there is a box where you can write other options. This is an organization in India. What you get is a nice photo op, a framed certificate and a medal.
NESIN
According to the New Science Inventions (NESIN) website their award is `open to those researchers involved in graduate education and research happenings that accentuate bearable progress` …. I have not read such a nonsense in a long time. It would be funny if they did not cheat researchers out of their money. NESIN appears to be part of ScienceFather, which is a predatory conferences organizer located in Menachipuram, India.
ABRF
The Asian Biological Research Foundation (ABRF) in Prayagraj, India gives out awards for ‘magnificent contributions’ in various biological sciences. To qualify one must: 1) be a member of the organization, 2) pay two fees (one for nominating and one for receiving the award), and 3) self-nominate as ‘applicant should ensure that he/she deserves for the award applied’. In my opinion, these three requirements indicate it is a nonsense award. The main achievement of the awardee will be filling in forms and paying fees.
ISSN Awards
International Society for Scientific Network (ISSN) Awards is the newest predatory award organization. They send out spam emails suggesting you have been selected for an award. “ISSN Awards cordially welcomes you to and receive your high society International Research Award in the fascinating ceremony on August 15 , 2021 at Lotus Hall, Hotel Femina, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.” In addition, you can self-nominate and will receive an award after you pay your 120 USD fee.
InSc Awards
The Institute of Scholars (InSc) is another fake award organization. This one is operating from Bengalore, India. Like all the others you either receive an invitation via spam email for an InSc award, or you can self-nominate through their website, and you pay a fee to receive the award. On their website they claim to have accreditation, but the accrediation organization itself, United Ackreditering Services Limited (UASL), appears to be a fake organization operating from a shared work space in London.
INSO
I could not find out on their website what INSO stands for but I did find out it is just another branch of the VDGOOD organization (see above). Their slogan appears to be: “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”, which they seem to interpret as: if nobody brings you an award, maybe you can buy one for yourself. They organize the International Research Awards on Science, Technology and Management. There is no address or global location on their website, not even a name of anyone working at this organization.
Other organizations
Recently spotted award scams:
ScienceFather
Venus International Foundation
Asia Research Awards ASTRA 2023
mScholar Conferences
Let me know in case you are offered an award by a similar organization so I can include them here to warn everyone about them.
Signs of a scam
The email clearly has all warning signs for a scam by a predatory award organization:
1) the email uses extremely flattering phrases
2) no proper contact information (street address, telephone numbers) of the organization is present on their website, the website does not have the name of the organization in its domain name, and the organization uses free email accounts (yahoo, gmail, etc.) instead of an email address that has the name of the organization in the domain name.
4) the invitation email is overall poorly written.
5) they send you an offer that is ´too good to be true.´
6) you have to pay for whatever they offer without it being clear what you get in return
7) they mention one of your research articles, but the article is unrelated to the topic or too outdated to be credible.
What can we do
While to me these emails are clearly scams, the long list of winners on the websites of these organizations suggests a lot of people have been duped by them. If everyone makes their colleagues aware of this type of scam it may be harder for these organizations to make new victims. You can tell your colleagues directly, or share (or ´like´ on Linkedin) this blog so others can read it as well.
Last update: February 2023
This is serious, I think this is “India 419”.
I can even see one of my friends on the 2019 winners (lol), Dr. Nura Yakubu, OMG, that guy just recently finished his PhD and some guys on Nigerian social blog, nairaland, have already praising Dr. Nura for winning the award, of course many other Nigerians doubted the award.
But for my friend to cough-out $500 is a serious thing, that is about 182,000 naira (Nigerian currency), that is a huge amount! If a journal asked for that, in publication fee, many of us in Nigeria will not be able to afford it personally!
Today I received a same mail for honorary D.SC degree. Thanks I got reference so it helped me to find out that it’s fake.
There is an organisation called InSC in Bangalore giving such awards. Awardees need to pay 5000 + 1500. Even though look authentic they are obviously fake awards.
Before writing such wrong information, don’t comment it on the official pages, I got award through this organisation, this is really gud platform to proove yourself, shame on those people who misleading other person
It’s true INSc banglore is true platform for membership and award
and you work for them, of course
Today I got a similar mail from vdgood. Thanks for explaining the process.
It’s fake or real
Absolutely.
I got an offer for MD degree. When I looked at previous winners-wow! Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, and many many others. In fact, when you read Spielberg’s Wikipedia, it even mentions this award. I came pretty close to sending the “application”. My question is how is IASR involved? $500 for an advanced degree? I also saw the names of unknown or little known scientists from India, names of movie stars, and the list of applicants included many well known scientists from USA.
The Who is who in science of American Men and Women of Science falls in the category! You get your name and they pester you to buy a printed version of the list!
They are really predatory. This should be discouraged. They sent me one in 2018 and I immediately recognised it as 419. The email is suspicious and there was no address. The give away is that these awards are unsolicited. Maybe they just came across one of your publications.
The Scientific community should come together against these organizations. If technically seen, even noted journals had a rough start. However, over years they have achieved great standard. These fake awards or journals only aim to mint money and hi-jack researchers information. Website should be made where researchers can be informed.
Hi, thanks for sharing your experience with this predatory sites. Y recently got an email from VDGOOD, here is the content of the email:
Respected Scientist,
V.D.GOOD proud to announce your name as an award winner, and congratulations on winning the Prestigious Scientist Award in the International Scientist Award on Engineering, Science, and Medicine which will take place 06& 07-Feb-2021 at Coimbatore, India.
Your profile has been nominated and selected for this award, and we are privilege to honor you for the great achievement of your research work, this achievement will inspire the other researchers in their field, and we are glad to recognize a scientist like you in our organization
As you are accepting this award, we request you send the Updated CV to cisa2021awards@gmail.com
Event Details: https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/coimbatore
More details:
Ms. Riya,
Event Co-ordinator,
VDGOOD Professional Association,
+919894912496 (Whatsapp also)
So what you did next? I also got the same message? What I should do? Kindly assist?
I also got the same mail. Initially they tell us that we have been selected for award. Asked for CV. Then sent the application followed confirmation. And now 6000 Rs for early registration. So was shocked. Was searching reaction from people as got some doubt.
Similarly I got the mail that said
Honorable Professor/Scientist,
Stay Home for Safe living but create Future
Based on your Researches and publications, our VDGOOD Committee members have been selected your Research Profile for the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine which will be held on 06 & 07-Mar-2021 in Goa, India.
We would like to appreciate and motivate your hard work for the contribution that you have given to the society by Recognizing your research in the VDGOOD Platform.
As you are accepting this award, we request you send the updated CV to the mail id isagawards@gmail.com
To get More Details, visit: https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/isag_awards_2021
For any Queries, Contact:
Ms. Pranita. S,
Event Organizer,
VDGOOD.
http://www.vdgood.org
Fake.
People are hungry for awards.
So these organisations take advantage to earn money.
Hello,
Yes, please include VDGood as a predatory organization. Today I also got an email from them very similar to the ones posted:
Honourable Scientist,
Congratulations from VDGOOD Professional Association for winning this Inspirational Scientist Award, and Your Research profile has been nominated by our committee members and it has been awarded.
Event: International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine
Date: 11 & 12-Feb-2021
Place: Pondicherry ,India.
VDGOOD is proud to announce your name as an Award Winner in the Research Category, It’s our obligation to recognize your contribution towards the upliftment of common man life. We look forward to your presence to make the event great, hopefully all the COVID-19 issues might have been solved at that time.
As you are accepting this award, we request you send the Updated CV to pisa2021awards@gmail.com
Event Details: https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/international_scientist_awards_pondicherry
More details:
Ms. Sanjana,
Event Co-ordinator,
VDGOOD Professional Association,
+919655159901 (Whatsapp also)
Honourable Scientist,
Best wishes for winning “International Scientist Award” from VDGOOD Professional Association, and our committee members nominated your research profile for this award. Now it has been selected for International Scientist Award on Engineering , Science and Medicine which is going to be held on 11 & 12-Feb-2021 at Pondicherry ,India.
VDGOOD is happy to declare your profile as an award winner in your research work, and your great achievements will inspire other researchers.
As the Confirmation from your side that you are accepting this award from VDGOOD, we request you to send the updated CV to pisa2021awards@gmail.com
Event details https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/international_scientist_awards_pondicherry
We look forward to your presence to make the event great, hopefully all the COVID-19 issues might have been solved at that time.
Thank you.
More details:
Ms. Sanjana,
Event Co-ordinator,
VDGOOD Professional Association,
+919489671468 (Whatsapp also)
Hi,
I received this yesterday and was wondering how did I get this and it says engineering as well…
Honorable Scientist Dr. R N,
Congratulations from VDGOOD Professional Association for winning this Prestigious Scientist Award, Your Research profile has been nominated by the VDGOOD committee members and it has been awarded
Event: International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine
Date: 19 & 20-Dec-2020
Place: Chennai, India
VDGOOD proud to announce your name as an Award Winner in the Research Category,
It’s our obligation to recognize your contribution towards upliftment of common man life
As you are accepting this award, we request you to send the Updated CV to isah@vdgood.org or isahvdgood@gmail.com
Event Details: https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/international-scientist-awards-on-engineering-science-and-medicine
For More Support, Contact:
Ms. Melina,
Event Co-ordinator,
VDGOOD.
Ph: +91 9489671468 (Whatsapp also)
Thank you for sharing your experiences, I recently got the mail from VDGOOD, they asked me to send my profile too,thanks for the reviews it saved me from believing fake news
Can you all tell me if these are also fake awards?
https://top100doc.com
https://www.internationaleducationsummit.com
Thank you very much.
This is the latest one I got from VDGood. I wrote to them to ask how they got my identification. To my surprise, they responded, by saying that they have seen my publications. Unfortunately, I fell prey and submitted my CV. The next day, I got a reply with a word file attachment to fill the form and provide details. Something inside me warned about it, and I tried looking over google about the genuineness of this. And lo’ behold, I’m here and saw your post. Below is the first mail I got which came out of no-where. Thanks for saving me. But now I’m worried that I’ve already given my CV, don’t know what will they do next to harm me.
Honorable Scientist,
Congratulations from VDGOOD Professional Association for winning this Inspirational Scientist Award, and Your Research profile has been nominated by our committee members and it has been awarded.
Event: International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine
Date: 11 & 12-Feb-2021
Place: Pondicherry ,India.
VDGOOD is proud to announce your name as an Award Winner in the Research Category, It’s our obligation to recognize your contribution towards the upliftment of common man life. We look forward to your presence to make the event great, hopefully, all the COVID-19 issues might have been solved at that time.
As you are accepting this award, we request you send the Updated CV to pisa2021awards@gmail.com
Event Details: https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/international_scientist_awards_pondicherry
More details:
Ms. Sanjana,
Event Co-ordinator,
VDGOOD Professional Association,
+919489671468 (Whatsapp also)
Same here o have send my cv to them.. but then i finally got saved later I had sent the link of this site and asked them to refer it
lol
sir I also received a mail like this
Honorable Scientist,
Congrats from VDGOOD Professional Association for winning this Prestigious Scientist Award, Your Research profile has been nominated by our committee members and it has been awarded
We are proud to announce your name as an Award Winner in the Research Category,
It’s our obligation to recognize your contribution towards the upliftment of common man life.
As you are accepting this award, we request you send the updated CV to the mail id hisaawards2021@gmail.com or hisa@vdgood.org
Event: International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine
Date: 26&27-Feb-2021
Place: Hyderabad, India.
Is the award given by Asian Biological Research Foundation(ABRF), Prayagraj,India for Botanical Research also fake??
Even I have received mail in the same pattern. Find it as below:
Respected Scientist,
Great Wishes from VDGOOD Professional Association for Winning this Inspirational Scientist Award, Your Profile has been nominated and selected as Award Winner by our Committee members in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine which will be held on 11 & 12-Feb-2021 in Pondicherry, India.
VDGOOD proud to announce your name as an Award Winner in the Research Category
As the Confirmation from your side, send your updated CV through pisa2021awards@gmail.com
Website: https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/international_scientist_awards_pondicherry
Thanks & Regards:
Ms. Sanjana,
Event Co-ordinator,
PISA 2021 Awards,
+919489671468 (Whatsapp also)
I have just received the following email message from VDGOOD. I am a social scientist and have nothing to do with engineering and medicine. Obviously this is a scam and I am not planning to accept it but am planning to warn them against using my name as a recipient of their award. I am in my 80s and do not need a fake award.
Prof. Walter Fernandes
Congrats from VDGOOD Professional Association for winning this Prestigious Scientist Award, Your Research profile has been nominated by our committee members and it has been awarded
We are proud to announce your name as an Award Winner in the Research Category,
It’s our obligation to recognize your contribution towards the upliftment of common man life.
As you are accepting this award, we request you to send the updated CV.
Event: International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine
Date: 26&27-Feb-2021
Place: Hyderabad, India.
Event Details: https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/hisa_2021_scientist_awards
Thank you all for sharing your experience ….it is valuable and helps some others to stay away from these predators…even though we are well educated some time we got trapped….today I got the same mail from VDGOOD….thanks to EV Scienceconsultant.com…
Honorable Scientist,
Congratulations from VDGOOD Committee.,
We feel proud to announce that your profile got declared as Award Winner in ISAT2021 [International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine] which is going to be held on 08 & 09-May-2021 in Trivandrum, India. Earlier your profile was nominated by some of our committee members in Feb 2020.
As the Confirmation from your side that you are accepting this award from VDGOOD, we request you to send the updated CV to isawardvdgood@gmail.com or eisavdaward@gmail.com
Event Details: https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/international_scientist_awards_trivandrum
We look forward to your presence to make the event great, hopefully all the COVID-19 issues might have been solved at that time.
Thank you.
Thanks & Regards
Ms. Saira,
Event Co-ordinator,
ISAT 2021 Awards,
VDGOOD Professional Association,
+91 9655159901
I have received similar requests in recent years, but never from VDGOOD. I was first suspicious when it was not sent to me but a blanket general audience. Therefore, I will not contribute to information mininh.
Me too…
Respected Scientist,
Congrats for your Fantastic Achievements!!!
Based upon the academic career and the relevance of research work,
Our VDGOOD selection Committee has selected you as an Award Winner in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine which is going
to be held on 28 & 29-Aug-2021 in Thiruvananthapuram, India .We are glad to recognize a scientist like you in our organization,
As the Confirmation from your side, submit your updated CV to isawardvdgood@gmail.com or isat2021awards@gmail.com
Click the following link to get Event Details,
https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/international_scientist_awards_trivandrum
For any Queries, Contact:
Ms. Saira,
Event Co-ordinator,
ISAT 2021 Awards,
Ph: +91 9489671468 (Whatsapp also)
I also got a similar email, a ton of thanks to the EV science consultant for this blog.
International Awards 2021
Apr 21, 2021, 4:41 AM (5 days ago)
to bcc: me
“Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science”
Respected Scientist,
Great Wishes from VDGOOD Professional Association for Winning this Inspirational Scientist Award, Your Profile has been nominated and selected as Award Winner by our Committee members in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine on 28 & 29-Aug-2021 at Trivandrum, India.
VDGOOD proud to announce your name as an Award Winner in the Research Category
As the Confirmation from your side, send your updated CV through isat2021awards@gmail.com or isat@vdgood.org
Website: https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/international_scientist_awards_trivandrum
For More Support, Contact:
Ms. Saira,
Event Co-ordinator,
VDGOOD.
Ph: +91 9489671468 (Whatsapp also)
I accidentally sent my cv to VDGOOD and proceeded further. And they sent a certificate… What should i do kindly help.BUT I DIDNT PAY YET.
“Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science”
Respected Researcher,
Stay Alert and Stay Away from the COVID-19 Virus
Great Wishes from VDGOOD Professional Association for Winning this Prestigious Scientist Award, Your Profile has been nominated and selected as Award Winner by our Committee members in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine on 13 & 14-Nov-2021 at Chennai, India.
VDGOOD proud to announce your name as an Award Winner in the Research Category,
As the Confirmation from your side, send your updated CV to awardscientist@gmail.com (or) isccawards@gmail.com
Event Details: https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/iscc_conference_for_award_winners2021
Thanks & Regards
Ms.Mahathi,
Event Organizer,
VDGOOD.
+919790546738 (Both Call & Whatsapp)
i got recently an email for award. Kindly help me confirming its scam or not?
ISSN Awards cordially welcomes you to and receive your high society International Research Award in the fascinating ceremony on August 15 , 2021 at Lotus Hall, Hotel Femina, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. ISSN International Research Awards 2021 is proud to choose you for your work in “COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptability among Hospital Staff”
under the title, “GOLDEN RESEARCH AWARD”.
There is no further selection and no change in venue, only the date may change due to Covid. However, both virtual mode and physical mode of ceremony will be conducted.
Titles are
Awarded by, ISSN AWARDS
Accredited by, World Research Council
BENEFITS:
International Achievement Medal.
Award Plaque accredited by World Research Council.
International Achievement Certificate accredited by various International Councils.
Achievement Badge.
Certified Researcher Certification from Research Bureau Veritas.
World Research Council’s Life-time Membership for free worth 25,000 INR.
Winner’s signature Kit.
Your Award in News.
Your showcase on the website.
Special Invitation for Recipient of Award.
Award Receiving Glimpse.
Dinner.
STEPS:
Step- 1: Kindly fill the form by clicking the link, https://issnawards.com/issn-registration/
Step- 2: After filling the form, You have to make the transaction of 5000 INR (or) 120 USD with the provided bank details on or before 24th July, 2021 and email us the transaction details. You can also make the payment through Paypal. In this case, kindly send us your paypal registered email address to send you the payment request.
Step- 3: We will acknowledge your transaction and send you a Valid invitation along with a unique ID number.
Step-4: Your biography of not more than 400 words must be sent in email along with your photo of good quality.
Step-5: We will send you a presence or absence confirmation email before 10 days of the award ceremony. If you are unable to attend the ceremony after confirming your delegate fee, your award and other essentials will be sent to your address.
BANK DETAILS:
Name of beneficiary/ Account name
ISSN AWARDS
Bank name
HDFC BANK
Bank account no.
50200046791101
Account Nature
Current Account
Bank IFSC
HDFC0000058
Physical address of bank
HDFC BANK,
THILLAI NAGAR BRANCH,
11th CROSS, THILLAI NAGAR,
TRICHY – 620018
Tamil Nadu, INDIA.
Branch code
0058
Branch name
Thillai nagar branch
Swift code
HDFCINBBCHE
NOTE: Only outstanding works are selected and planned for honors. So confirm your chair earlier as it is a professional meet. No spot registration applicable. Delegate fee is mandatory and does not include your own expenses like Travel, Accommodation, etc. If you are absent from the ceremony, your kit will be sent to you through Courier. Hall is not booked yet because the date may change due to the impact of Covid.
WhatsApp: Ms. Sunantha: +916382240966
Thanking you Profoundly,
ISSN Awards
http://www.issnawards.com
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Hey, I have received the same email. I have checked their Facebook, YouTube channel and they seem to be genuine. Kindly let me know if you find anything related to this.
Thank you
I too receive similar mail this year. Could you please tell its genuine or not. Thanks
Respected Scientist,
Congratulations from VDGOOD…
VDGOOD Professional Association is glad to announce that your Research Profile has been confirmed for the “Best Researcher Award” in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine which will take place on 04 & 05-Dec-2021 in Visakhapatnam, India.
Here we have attached the Declaration letter, complete the registration process on or before the due date to proceed further.
Registration Details
Early Bird Registration [26-Jul-2021 to 29-Jul-2021]
S.No Registration Type
Amount in INR
1. Award Registration 5600
2. Registration + 2 Years Membership 7400
3. Registration + 5 Years Membership 10200
4. Each Accompany Person +2000
Standard Registration- Early Bird Registration + 2000 INR
[30-Jul-2021 to 01-Aug-2021]
Final Registration – Early Bird Registration + 5000 INR
[02-Aug-2021 to 04-Aug-2021]
Once Registration Complete send the Payment proof via particular email ID’s that
visa2021awards@gmail.com
(The Above mentioned fees are excluding 18% GST)
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Thanks & Regards
Ms. Lena,
Event Co-ordinator,
VISA2021.
Ph: +91 9894912496 (Whatsapp also)
Hi, I got a similar email too from vdgood. Definitely sounded fraud cause I did not apply for any such award.
Respected Scientist,
Congratulations From VISA!!!
We are pleased to announce that your Research Profile has won the Scientist Award in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine which will take place on 04& 05-Dec-oi2021 in Visakhapatnam, India,
Award Winners are invited to receive your award with great honor in front of the Senior Scientists and experts,
As the Confirmation from your side, send your updated CV to vdgoodcommittee2021@gmail.com
Click the following link to get Event Details, https://www.vdgood.org/award_details/visawards2021
For any Queries, Contact:
Ms. Lena,
Event Co-ordinator,
VISA2021,
I also got a “lifetime award” and I did not know the reality so I accepted. They communicated to me in several mails with many clarifications. Now I came to know about it through your site. I don’t know what to do? Have any suggestion. I wrote to them about this back.
I have got the similar mail
I also got mail from VDGOOD and I was awarded. I feel very honoured to have been selected as the winner of the 2021, VDGOOD Outstanding Scientist Award in the Research category. It has been a great experience to participate in the VDGOOD event. It’s a great opportunity to meet the experts and this Award really boosted me in my career and this was very helpful also for further improvement. This effective platform allows to share scientific achievements, creates a space for discussions and helps to foresee the development trends in science and education. Winning this award truly encourages me in my future research… It’s definitely very important thing for me. And I hope that the attention will also encourage other researchers with similar research interests.
They are celebrating the Scientist’s recognition.
Whatever other’s opinion, this is what I felt.
I also received the same. Details are given below.
Respected Scientist,
We are delighted to announce your name as an Award Winner in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine which will take place on 29& 30-Apr-2022 in Pondicherry, India.
A big Congratulation to you…
As per the recommendation of our selection Committee, your profile has been nominated and now it has been Awarded. This achievement will inspire many other Researchers of our world to get success in their position.
As the Confirmation from your side, submit your updated CV to pondicherryawards2022@gmail.com
Event Details: https://www.insoawards.com/award_details/pisa2022_awards
For any Queries, Contact:
Ms. Leona,
Event Co-ordinator,
PISA 2022,
Ph: + 919894912496 (Whatsapp also)
I got an email that my aplicantion had been considered for the dr. Med honris causa.
Is it true, legally,
Is IASR really legalised agency to certification of Dr. Med.
Please inform me
I got email that my aplicantion had been considered for the bravo international book of world record for titles….
Outstanding work done for 20 new titles discoveries in allopathic medicines single handedly
As per the order of maharastra highcourt I understood that accreditation agency are valid to recommend the candidate for honris causa doctorate and if so said candidate is considered for doctor of medicine honris causa then they shall be entitled to work as parallel to courses work doctoral degree holder.
This guided us human made university are not only to get examination of candidates only. There is accreditation agencies equally authorized for the evaluation of researcher work as parallel to universities.
On the some more about it It is also cleared that doctoral course work completed candidates gets doctoral degree,while the doctor of medicine honris causa is given after the evaluation of research work when it is competitive meritorious to others researcher works.
This suggests that Dr. Med is superior them course work doctoral degrees.
Public who are innocent about laws due to absence of law degree they mostly comments that a government registered agencies are not valid to accreditation for doctorate.
Your legal comments are welcome when you are capable to demostrate annexur relating court order or laws published in textbooks.
Since I believe your thinking might not be sufficient to make a comment on honris causa doctorate degree unless you had not done courses in laws.
Appreciation for your Research Achievements PISA _2022 !!!
INSO_ Award _2022
“Technology by itself doesn’t make leaders. Technology only amplifies true leadership.”
Respected Scientist,
Greetings from P_ISA 2022 Committee…
We are delighted to announce your name as an Award Winner in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine which will take place on 29& 30-Apr-2022 in Pondicherry, India
As per the recommendation of our selection Committee, your profile has been nominated and now it has been Awarded. This achievement will inspire many other Researchers of our world to get success in their position.
As the Confirmation from your side, submit your updated CV to pondicherryawards2022@gmail.com
EventDetails: https://www.insoawards.com/award_details/pisa2022_awards
For any Queries, Contact:
Ms. Leona,
Event Co-ordinator,
*PISA_ 2022*,
Ph: + 919894912496 (Whatsapp also)
Received the above email from INSO. On sharing my CV they sent a letter to register for the event Rs 5600/- to be paid. Your information helped me to get clarity on INSO-VDGOOD being a predatory organization.
I also received a similar invitation letter regarding the inso award.
I also received a similar invitation letter regarding the inso award. This award certificate does not contain any signature, organization certification number or even address. Thank you writing this blog.
I got a similar award from Asia Research Awards ASTRA 2023
Their email is narmatha@asiaresearchawards.com.
Can you check if that is predatory award.
Hi,
They are not scam. We are previous year winners. They do what they promise us. They organized the conference and hosted the award ceremony in a wonderful way. also, it is general that a conference fee is for organizing the conference.
Same, Asia Research Awards ASTRA 2023
Another Fake Award organizaiton:
International Research Awards on Sustainable Agriculture and Food System
It is sending emails from:
Research Awards
You will get an award the next you publish a paper in an international Agriculture journal!