I get these maybe once or twice a month and just delete them. If the
request doesn't come with a campus email address I don't pay any attention
to it. Mark it spam and move on.
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 8:47 AM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> Is anyone on the list receiving unsolicited e-mails from people
> unaffiliated with your library asking you to purchase specific titles and
> then contact the sender when the books arrive? We have been receiving
> these types of e-mails approximately two or three times per month for quite
> some time, and the e-mails are addressed to either the library director
> (not by name--just "Dear Library Director") or the reference librarian
> (again, generically, with "Dear Reference Librarian" in the salutation).
> Most of our e-mails come from someone named Bernice Williams.
>
> Some of our librarians have ordered books requested this way before,
> thinking that it was a local patron asking. However, I'm suspicious, and
> think that possibly the e-mails are sent in mass to multiple libraries in
> an attempt to sell more of a particular author's books.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ann Tenglund
> St. Bonaventure University Library
> 3261 West State Road
> St. Bonaventure, NY 14778
> ateng_at_sbu.edu
>
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