Umea University: Phishing Scam?

platypus matt — Wed, 17 May 2006 11:27:53 -0400

I think I may have been scammed...And I'm worried about it. If it is a phishing scam, someone went to a whole lot of trouble. I'm still not sure either way, but I thought I'd provide the details here and hope that some wiser and more experienced folks might provide some insight. Here's the story. On March 16, I received an email from someone named "Robert Porshke," who claimed to be working on a master's exam project at the academy of fine arts in Umea, Sweden. He said that he'd read some of my works on Armchair Arcade, specifically this piece on game audio. Here's a quote from the email:

Along with the exhibition we will release a catalog as usual. But it's going to be more like an anthology with text about subjects we are interested in, instead of the usual description of our works and self promotion. This will hopefully increase it's lifespan and audience, since you won't need to see the exhibition to enjoy the catalog. We also plan to distribute it together with a culure/art-magazine.