LinkedIn Scam

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It's quite interesting that I got a message on LinkedIn which is a very popular professional social platform from a lady using the photo of an idol, Amanda Chou, as her profile photo. I didn't recognise who the lady is till she asked me some questions that could be found on my profile. After several conversations, I thought I should Google this lady to see who she is. 

Unfortunately, I cannot find the source of the profile photo on Google lead me to think that she may be the person I'm talking to. Till she told me where she is from, I suddenly realised that I should use another search engine to look it up. This time, bingo. I got the who is the person in the photo. An actress whose name is Amanda Chou.

This story taught me never to trust any information before validating it.

Here, I can imagine a terrible scenario where a scammer represents a recruiter to collect personal information by giving an opportunity on a job-seeking platform.

Top 5 principles to make the scammer away:

1. Never share personal information with others

2. Never share IMs with others

3. Always verify wording in the conversation

4. Don't trust what you see

5. Thinking before doing

Good luck mate. May the force be with you