Thanks for the advice - we put a warning on our web site last week. The conference is the 27th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (
www.acsac.org). Ironic that we'd get this, given that we're a security conference! Much of the text is from our web site. The funny part is that one of the topics they list as a focus is internet scamming!
Following is the scam message, listing names and titles of our real people. Following that is the response that one of our participants got when he asked for more info.
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> From:
[email protected]> Subject: Dear Sir/Madam
> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:40:24 -0500
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> ACSAC brings together 200 security professionals from academia, government and industry with an
> interest in applied security to learn about the latest advances in the field, as well as to
> exchange ideas and experiences. The conference is renowned for its worldwide attendance, high
> quality program, and attendee networking.
>
> The seminar meeting will contain various discussions and mini workshops related to the
> issues of Internet scam and how to eradicate it from our social life and business. For
> registration guide lines do contact the Registration Coordinator via the below email and do not
> to reply if you are not interested
>
> Registration Coordinator
> Art Friedman, NSA
> Email:
[email protected]>
> Note: Interested participants will be provided with Visa and Flight Ticket free of charge to
> attend this seminar with us which is The 27th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference
> which will be held in Orlando, Florida on December 5-9, 2011.
>
> Do contact the conference Coordinator for guidance regarding registration. Once again we thank
> you for the interest to attend this meeting with us.
>
> Yours Sincerely,
> Mike Collins, RedJack
> Sponsorship Coordinator
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From : ACSAC Conference Coordinator[mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent : 11/5/2011 12:53:13 AM
Subject : FW: READ VERY CAREFULLY AND ACT AS INSTRUCTED
Good Day Conference Applicant, The Applied Computer Security Associates (ACSA) is a non-profit association of computer security professionals who have a common goal
of improving the understanding, theory, and practice of computer security. To this end, ACSA supports a number of activities, all of which serve the goal of improving the computer security field In acknowledgment to your interest to participate in this 27th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference which will be held in Sandra Kang Hotel Orlando, Florida on December 5-9, 2011, I wish to inform you that your request of application has been accepted by this Organization. The forthcoming meeting is open for everyone who is interested to Participate. The International seminar meeting is scheduled to take place on the 5th to 9th November 2011 at Orlando, Florida, United States of America. The theme of the conference meeting is to teach our society the importance of Computer Security and Internet Peace worldwide. The forth coming international seminar is organized by the Applied Computer Security Associates (ACSA) here in United States of America. Note that registration is free for all participants attending this meeting with us and there will be translators at the seminar hall to translate all languages to delegates that don’t understand English.
Delegates are accepted to participate together as a group of (10) from each country or organization; you can also participate as an individual if you are unable to form a group. The independent Donors and the Organization Sponsors are fully responsible for participants traveling document (Visa) processing for only those that their passport requires visa to attend this meeting with us, and Air round trip tickets to attend this seminar here in United States will be provided for all participants.
Note that participants will only be responsible to pay for their hotel accommodation charges here in United States and they make and pay for the hotel reservation before we send them invitation letter to their country of residence this is due to past experience from participant that have intention on running away before or after the conference. Be informed that immediately after your registration file has been open, the registration forms will be sent to you to fill and return back to us. We shall send you an official invitation letter after the confirmations of your registration and hotel reservation in this meeting, and your visa document will be process here in United States of America and the approval letter with other necessary documents of your visa will be send to the U.S Embassy in your country of resident to enable you visit the embassy for the collection of your visa to attend this meeting with us. You are to contact the selected hotel now before sending us your registration details, to know the cost of your reservation for the period of days you are to stay here in United States of America. Note that you are to stay 7days in the United States of America which is arriving on the 4th of November and departing on the 11th of November that is the ACSAC directive which can not be change You have to contact the hotel via email only and send them a mail regarding this conference with this code {2011/ACSAC/RESERVATION} so that you will be attended to special for the sake of this conference and you have our full support to cooperate with the hotel and their directive in booking a room with them. Sandra Kang HotelEmail:
[email protected]: +1-850-388-8035 Note that your reservation with the hotel is going to be for seven (7) nights which is from 4th to 11th November
2011 for that is the duration of days you are to stay in U.S before you depart to your country of resident. You will be given 2 years visa entry into the United State of America You are to present a paper on the topics of the seminar which is Issues affect our email and internet in your society if willing for all documentation will be published by the Applied Computer Security Associates (ACSA) and certificate will be giving to all Participants as a representative of your country You are to send us the following information details bellow for registration to the registrar desk via email: Please Contact Registrar with this e-mail:
[email protected] 1) Names as in passport:2) Passport Number:3) Date of Birth:4) Country of Residence:5) Telephone Number:6) Who invited you?7)
Occupation:8) How many of you are attending? You alone or group: Your registration file will be open as soon as we receive your information details, be informed that immediately after your registration file has been opened by the Applied Computer Security Associates (ACSA) here in United State, your booking confirmation receipt from the selected hotel here in United States will be requested from you by this organization to confirm your participation. Note that without your hotel booking confirmation receipt, the U.S Bureau of Immigrant Affairs will not be able to authorize your visa document to attend the upcoming meeting. The U.S Bureau of Immigrant Affairs needs to be convinced that you have already made a reservation on your own and will return back to your country of resident after the seminar is over before your visa document can be authorized by the U.S Attorney General, this is done due to the population of illegal immigrant coming into the States to stay permanently by this mist of attending an intentional seminar. So that is why your hotel reservation receipt is needed, to enable the U.S Bureau of Immigrant Affairs monitor the (in and out) of immigrant coming into the United States and to ensure that you have a place to stay during the seminar. We thank you for the interest to participate in this seminar and we hope to see you at the meeting venue. Yours faithfully,Registration CoordinatorArt Friedman, NSA
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