[LINK] Fake Profiles on LinkedIn

[Tom Worthington]

In the last 24 hours I have received two scam invitations to connect to 
people on LinkedIn.

The first was from a US surgeon. This was an obvious fake, as the photo 
was too good: it turns out some unfortunate South American surgeon has 
had their photo misused widely.

The second was from a Bitcoin investment advisor. Their advice seems to 
be to buy Bitcoin early on, as you would have made a lot of money.

Curiously, one of the interests the surgeon lists on their profile is 
bitcoin, and one of their skills is financial advice (attested by what 
appears to be a fake Russian computer professional).

I have asked LinkedIn to delete these "people".

Perhaps this is some sort of coordinated sting.


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