[Editors] Fwd: Are you in the MIT Aeronautics/Astronautics Department?

[Violeta Ivanova]

Bill et al.,

I would forward this to IS&T for security check. It seems very fishy  
to me. I would not follow any of the links in the original email.

A domain name such as academia.edu must cost an arm and a leg. If this  
is "legit", they must pay post-docs really well in Oxford. :)

Happy Friday!

Violeta

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Violeta M. Ivanova Ph.D.
http://web.mit.edu/violeta/www



On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:55 AM, Bill Litant wrote:

> Dear all:
> An AeroAstro faculty member received this, forwarded it to me, and  
> asked if it is "legit." From my examination, while it appears to be  
> in its nascent stages, it looks like the developer put some serious  
> time and thought into the site. While it's too early to tell if  
> there will be any value to the site, I can't think of any reason not  
> to tell him to avoid placing his name on it. Have any of you had any  
> contact with this person or know anything else about the site?
>
> Best,
> B ill
>
>
>>
>> Subject: Are you in the MIT
>> Aeronautics/Astronautics Department?
>> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:22:20 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Richard Price <richard.price at academia.edu>
>>
>> I am post-doc in philosophy at Oxford. I am
>> also the founder of Academia.edu, which is a
>> global directory of academics, showing who is
>> working at what departments.
>>
>> We are trying to fill out the directory, and
>> already Stephen Hawking, Paul Krugman, Noam
>> Chomsky and Richard Dawkins have signed up.
>> We checked your department directory and we
>> think you fit into the directory in the MIT
>> Aeronautics/Astronautics Department, but we
>> aren't sure. Your status is currently listed
>> as 'Unknown'. Could you confirm that you are
>> a member of this department by following one
>> of the links below?
>>
>> Yes, I am in the MIT Aeronautics/Astronautics
>> Department:
>> http://mit.academia.edu/Yes-Jonathan-P-How-is-a-member-of-MIT-Aeronautics-Astronautics
>>
>> No, the department directory is incorrect, I
>> am not in the MIT Aeronautics/Astronautics
>> Department:
>> http://mit.academia.edu/Remove-Jonathan-P-How-from-MIT-Aeronautics-Astronautics
>>
>> There are currently 4 other members who have
>> confirmed their membership of MIT Aeronautics
>> Astronautics: Javier Garcia, Buy Lortab,
>> Jorge Cañizales and Kiril Sakaliyski.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Richard
>> http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
>>
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