LinkedIn.com review: African scammers using fake profiles and photos of other users
Linkedin's customer service has ignored multiple requests (7 and counting) to have them delete and remove a fake profile that is using my personal photos as their own.
These scammer's, typically from west africa (Nigeria and ghana) create profiles on linkedin, facebook, vk.com, etc, to give them credibility, and use it to take advantage of people to scam them out of money.
I have tracked down 20+ profiles on various networks, but linkedin has failed to remove these profiles. It's been 30 days, and these profiles are still on their systems. Very frustrating when we take the time to let them know, and they do nothing.
Profile #1 - jake d matthew -
Http://www.Linkedin.com/profile/view?Id=81010397&authtype=name_search&authtoken=ekje&locale=en_us&srchid=fc0d1cb5-8413-4e9e-80a0-8b0ba99fcabb-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=8&goback=%2efps_pbck_*1_jake_matthew_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_r_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&pvs=ps&trk=pp_profile_name_link
Profile #2 robert fey - http://www.Linkedin.com/pub/robert-fay/2a/2a/213
Below is a link to people that have been scammed by these crooks who are using linkedin. Hopefully someone at linkedin, facebook and other social networks can help streamline the reporting process, and help stop good people from getting scammed.
Http://www.Romancescam.com/forum/viewtopic. Php?T=358
Http://www.Scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic. Php?P=90249
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