Linkedin...
The website Linkedin started out as a multi-purpose business listing where professionals could post their career/job information and make business networking contacts.Quote from their site:
We want LinkedIn to reflect the best version of professional life
That was then... now it's filled with bogus profiles.
Lots of scammers use (read: misuse) Linkedin for all sorts of reasons.
The site goes through lots of changes where profiles are blocked and they request you create an account and sign in. Half the time it's open and you have limited access to see profiles without joining.
A few weeks ago I found the profile of Tom Farted who claims to be a junior engineer at Ford Motor Company.
Today, I came across one with stolen photos of an adult model and her dog. Different name and location than the real person pictured.
The thing is, other bogus profiles network with them giving a false sense of credibility.
Who would you believe more... a lonely profile or one with a dozen 'business' contacts?
Obviously, there isn't anyone in the driver's seat at Linkedin checking validity of the members.
Serena Fuller:
(Stolen photo of Dani Daniels and her dog)
Tom Farted:
I doubt people realize how much scammers have infiltrated all areas of the internet.
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