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LinkedIn and various job boards have much more responsibility than Tinder; most of the victims described in the article travel to SEA for what they've been led
by logicchains 3y ago
LinkedIn and various job boards have much more responsibility than Tinder; most of the victims described in the article travel to SEA for what they've been led to believe are high-paying white-collar jobs, not because they're romance-scammed into going to meet a partner there.
- throwaway67743 3y agoLinkedIn has a much lower hit rate, because people tend to search for region specific jobs, whereas Tinder you can send any location you desire with your fake profile (but they're very easy to spot). The Tinder things are very rarely romance scams, they pivot to crypto scams immediately, "I work in the finance industry scoping out markets for crypto" etc - then I'd imagine they'd encourage someone to invest but they usually see through my attempts at scamming them back, one day I'll figure it out.
- lacrimacida 3y agoLinkedIn was used in a lot of scams with fake jobs.
- throwaway67743 3y agoSure, but the hit rate is still much lower.
- alephnerd 3y agoLinkedIn isn't common in ASEAN. It's a uniquely North American phenomenon (194m Americans), though there is some traction in India (94m), Brazil (60m), and China (57m). Most users offered the jobs are getting them via everything apps like WeChat, Zalo, WhatsApp forwards, Viber, Line, etc.
- throwaway67743 3y agoThis is an accurate assessment, on the other hand things like tinder actually have more reach in Asia mostly due to cultural differences.
- messe 3y ago> It's a uniquely North American phenomenon I don't think that's an entirely accurate assessment. There's a significant userbase in Europe as well, on the same order of magnitude as North America.
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