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LinkedIn is a prime target for fraudsters looking to connect with professionals across a variety of industries, including information security and oil and gas, according to a Symantec report. Symantec said that most of these fake accounts followed a specific pattern. They bill themselves as recruiters for fake firms or are supposedly self-employed and primarily use photos of women pulled from stock image sites or of real professionals.
Symantec said that it has seen a growing number of incidents involving fake LinkedIn accounts targeting members of the business-oriented social networking service. "We worked with LinkedIn to take down some fake accounts that we had come across during our research," the report said. Scammers copy text from profiles of real professionals and keyword-stuff their profile for visibility in search results, it added.
Fake LinkedIn accounts targeting users- Business News
Symantec said that it has seen a growing number of incidents involving fake LinkedIn accounts targeting members of the business-oriented social networking service. "We worked with LinkedIn to take down some fake accounts that we had come across during our research," the report said. Scammers copy text from profiles of real professionals and keyword-stuff their profile for visibility in search results, it added.
Fake LinkedIn accounts targeting users- Business News
