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Another Case of LinkedIn Spam?

I recently wrote about receiving a spam message on LinkedIn from what appeared to be a fake LinkedIn account. You can read that post and decide for yourself if I received a spam message from a fake account.

Today there was another spam message in my LinkedIn inbox. Why do I say it’s spam? Because the message I received was an unsolicited sales message in the form of a “hey, check this out” message.

The one common thread in the two cases is that the name Carl Doppler appears to be associated with both. In the first case he was listed as the VP of operations with PMA Desk. In this case Doppler Internet , Inc. is listed as the Registration Provider. Once again I’ll present the facts you make your own decision in regards to what’s going on.

The message:

Notice the link to http://www.webcontentthatsells.com. [Read more...]

A Case of LinkedIn Spam?

I’ve been on LinkedIn for over three years and I’ve been amazed that spam related content has not been a huge issue. Rarely do I see, or maybe its that I haven’t recognized it, this type of activity. Compared to Twitter direct sales messages rarely work.

Today I received a message from a fellow group member that at first I assumed was legitimate. Now I’m not so sure. I’m going to leave the final decision up to you.

First here’s the message I received from Bradley Mitchell which included a note apparently sent to him from Mr. Brad Kenzie. It includes a link to http://www.moresocialleads.com which advertises a social media product called PMA Desk.

The message is pretty straight forward. Since I work with clients helping them with their social media strategies, and having written a blog for the past two years that discusses LinkedIn and social media, I was curious. I clicked on the link to check it out. [Read more...]

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