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I have a question! I'm a student and have noticed 5 or so profiles that connect with 20+ of my classmates/friends with impressive but beleivable titles at well
by soared 11y ago
I have a question! I'm a student and have noticed 5 or so profiles that connect with 20+ of my classmates/friends with impressive but beleivable titles at well known companies (Human resources at IBM) [1] and generic job histories. The names only exist on linkedin. Its obvious they are either just scraping profiles or something more nefarious. What are you doing to stop the creation of these fake profiles? Why are my friends so dumb?
[1] Fake profile examples, with 20+ in common connections:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-bargo-04b09829 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-bargo-04b09829
https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-bertoli-48909829 https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-bertoli-48909829
- soared 11y agoDue to boredom I did more research. Reverse image searched the profile pic, found it on a yelp profile writing fake 5 star reviews and one of those fake sites that 'let employers fight over you.'
- alanh 11y agoSome people approve every request because LinkedIn incentivizes users to have 500+ connections. And your friends are possibly dumb, but almost certainly ignorant of social media data vacuuming/social engineering techniques such as this.