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Hello,
When I was in my third year of medical school, I received a mass email sent to my class on possible publishing opportunities. I gave them one of the articles I had written. It was a few weeks and we were midway in this printing process, I had signed a release contract among that among some other paperwork to them. I was told by my mentor at that time, about predatory journals and to be careful. I researched the journal, it is a group of journals operated out of India. They purchase journals and send mass emails, whoever, gets stuck in their trap they try and get money from. One of the web forums said they have gone as far as emailing every member at their job site.
I tried to get them to stop publishing, they first promised me to lower the rate to 2,000 dollars instead of their usual 3,000 dollars. I stopped responding to their email, blocked their cell number and everything was quiet.
An year had passed and I was in my fourth and final year, I did not get any future emails from them at that time. Now I am an intern, since a month or so ago, their emails have started. They are using threatening languages such as, "escalation, collection agency and lawsuit". Should I tell my residency folks about this or hire a lawyer, I don't remember and I don't have any contract saved. What am I honestly looking at here?
When I was in my third year of medical school, I received a mass email sent to my class on possible publishing opportunities. I gave them one of the articles I had written. It was a few weeks and we were midway in this printing process, I had signed a release contract among that among some other paperwork to them. I was told by my mentor at that time, about predatory journals and to be careful. I researched the journal, it is a group of journals operated out of India. They purchase journals and send mass emails, whoever, gets stuck in their trap they try and get money from. One of the web forums said they have gone as far as emailing every member at their job site.
I tried to get them to stop publishing, they first promised me to lower the rate to 2,000 dollars instead of their usual 3,000 dollars. I stopped responding to their email, blocked their cell number and everything was quiet.
An year had passed and I was in my fourth and final year, I did not get any future emails from them at that time. Now I am an intern, since a month or so ago, their emails have started. They are using threatening languages such as, "escalation, collection agency and lawsuit". Should I tell my residency folks about this or hire a lawyer, I don't remember and I don't have any contract saved. What am I honestly looking at here?
