Case 1 - Journal of Plant Biotechnology and Microbiology

I clicked on this one just because it seemed related to my research interests.  What a fun time I had following the links! 

Why do so many start with "Greetings of the Day!"  ???

If you click on the first link it takes you here.   Hmm.  Online shopping? 

The second link takes you to an editorial manager site, one that looks a lot like the one used by legitimate journals. 

Here's a legit journal's editorial manager:

Here's the one in my mailbox:

So where are they located?   Impressive!  A global community! 

Let's Google Earth that address! 

Their "London Office" is a post office box and a website called "London Office", which seems a little deceptive. 

For your website you can use their physical address:

As this scientific publisher does! 

And it is located somewhere here, between the acupuncture place and the pharmacy:

To be fair, I looked at the journals and papers and they appear to be of low impact but probably okay.  Nonetheless, it is strange that there is no transparency, the use of a web-based false address, and knock offs of a legitimate editorial manager.  It just doesn't seem like the best way to publish scientific work.