`Imposter Alert,’ screamed the all-capital cautionary notice across a tweet from the Asiatic Society handle recently. The Asiatic Society of Mumbai is located at the Town Hall in south Mumbai. It has a library that has rare, historical and valuable books, newspapers, manuscripts, government publications, journals and maps.

The Society posted a warning via its Twitter handle on November 8. The tweet read: “It has come to the Society’s notice that some unscrupulous elements are collecting money for publishing papers in the Society’s journal and offering bogus certificates. The Asiatic Society does not collect money for publishing in its journal, nor does it guarantee publication, and neither does it issue any certificate. Authors must verify with the Society before submitting any papers, and papers will be published only after rigorous peer review. The Society does not take responsibility for any payments made to third parties claiming to represent the Society, or for their papers appearing in a cloned/spam journal.’