The request for a copy of one of my papers supposedly came from Samuel T. Durrance the noted astrophysicist and NASA astronaut. It came with a picture of him, which I recognized, since I knew Sam and worked on two NASA Space Shuttle missions that he flew on.

However, it's a matter of public record that Sam Durrance died in 2023, so who really made this request and what is their real intent. (See his Wikipedia article, or Google his obituary.)

How do your screen such requests?

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