Yet another scam
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:22 am
I'm used to getting spurious e-mails telling me that that:
- my e-mail account is about to be blocked and I need to click on a link to sort things out,
- my PayPal account has been temporarily suspended and I need to click on a link to sort it out,
- a company (which I've never heard of) wants to order unspecified products from me, the details of which are in an attachment,
- an order/invoice/payment is overdue, the details of which are in an attachment, and
- I need to attend Court and details are in the attached file,
- not to mention the ubiquitous 'someone Ive never heard of wants to pay me several squillion dollars/pounds/euros - just pay 200 dollars/pounds/euros up front and all will be fine" stories,
Needless to say, clicking on any of the links or attachments has undesirable consequences.
However, yesterday I received an invitation from LinkedIn to accept someone as a contact. Since I work with a lot with many different recruitment agencies, I wasn't particularly worried that the name didn't ring an immediate bell, but i did notice that the person's location given was China. Examination of the links showed them not to be pointing at LinkedIn pages, but at a completely different website.
I would therefore recommend that any Member receiving an unexpected LinkedIn e-mail ,go to their account and do whatever needs to be done there, rather than clicking on any hyperlinks within the e-mail itself.
- my e-mail account is about to be blocked and I need to click on a link to sort things out,
- my PayPal account has been temporarily suspended and I need to click on a link to sort it out,
- a company (which I've never heard of) wants to order unspecified products from me, the details of which are in an attachment,
- an order/invoice/payment is overdue, the details of which are in an attachment, and
- I need to attend Court and details are in the attached file,
- not to mention the ubiquitous 'someone Ive never heard of wants to pay me several squillion dollars/pounds/euros - just pay 200 dollars/pounds/euros up front and all will be fine" stories,
Needless to say, clicking on any of the links or attachments has undesirable consequences.
However, yesterday I received an invitation from LinkedIn to accept someone as a contact. Since I work with a lot with many different recruitment agencies, I wasn't particularly worried that the name didn't ring an immediate bell, but i did notice that the person's location given was China. Examination of the links showed them not to be pointing at LinkedIn pages, but at a completely different website.
I would therefore recommend that any Member receiving an unexpected LinkedIn e-mail ,go to their account and do whatever needs to be done there, rather than clicking on any hyperlinks within the e-mail itself.