Conference blasts invites with literal 'Dear (firstname lastname)' template placeholder
miniapeur · x · 2026-10-26
The 'ICNGAI 2027' conference emailed researchers invitations to join its Technical Committee — but forgot to fill in the mail-merge variables, greeting recipients with the literal string 'Dear (firstname lastname,fallback=Program Committee)'. The poster mocked the slip-up, a telltale sign of a mass-mailing predatory conference that can't even personalize its outreach.
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