Today, the use of Linkedin has increased a lot. Mainly such people use it more, looking for jobs and wanting to make new links. Many times companies contact you for a job only through Linkedin. However, now cyber thugs have also joined it. Now cyber thugs are duping people using this thing. This was revealed in a recent report.
Please tell that Nordlayer has released this report. According to this report, 56 per cent of businesses worldwide have been scammed with at least one on LinkedIn this year. While it was told in the report, the fake job offer is the most common scam. About 48 per cent of people have been cheated in the name of a fake job. For your information, let us tell you that every second, 117 job applications are sent on Linkedin.
How Do These Thugs Work
First of all, thug gangs make fake profiles on Linkedin. This profile looks just like the real thing. When they post jobs from these profiles. Now people fall into the trap of these fake jobs, sharing their data and extracting money using it.
Sometimes thugs ask for money in the name of registration. People also fall prey to the greed of high paid salary jobs. Apart from this, the conversation starts with messaging, and then fake and unsafe links are shared. According to the report, such scams affect smaller companies more. More fake jobs are taken out in his name.
How To Avoid Such Scams?
- If you want to avoid getting scammed on Linkedin, there are a few things to keep in mind.
- Companies never offer jobs from a personal email ID.
- In such a situation, always pay attention to the mail from the personal email ID—process further only after seeing and checking it.
- Never give money if someone asks for money for a job. No company asks for money for the job.
- Before applying to any company, get information about it from social media, Google and people you know.
- You will find some websites on Google where there are reviews of companies.
