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Spam of the Day: So and so wants to connect on LinkedIn

Robert Weiner

I've started receiving phishing messages that look like LinkedIn connection requests. The big clue is that if you hold your cursor over the "Confirm that you know Neal" button you'll see that it doesn't point to a LinkedIn address. It was only a matter of time. So far the text has been identical.

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Lame spam roundup

Robert Weiner

Here's a random selection of strange and/or lame spams I've received recently. Sender: LinkedIn Connections [connections@linkedin.com]. This one may not be spam, but I'm not going to click and find out. Sender: Krysta Maloney via LinkedIn [member@linkedin.com]. 1: I got several of these. 3: Welding helmet?

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Recent Rash of LinkedIn Spam

Tech Soup

Have you been getting a lot of email asking you to connect on LinkedIn? Like its more well-known counterpart Facebook, LinkedIn is a social networking site geared towards professional networking and workplace circles. Better yet, verify your invites via the LinkedIn site directly. Photo: Nan Palmero , CC license.

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Lame spams of the day: another roundup

Robert Weiner

Text: Good afternoon, You can download your Adobe CS4 License here -. Sender: Contact [customer-notification@ups.com] (also DAISEY_Roark@gmail.com, Katerine Elliot via LinkedIn [member@linkedin.com] ). An almost identical spam with Invoice_P350.htm Credit Score Updates. Subject: Order N35085. Adobe Systems Incorporated.

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What does the future hold for your nonprofit in 2021? Look inside this crystal ball…

Pamela Grow

Far too many of them will view this as a license to abandon direct mail. Twenty-four percent of nonprofit emails end up in spam folders. Online fundraising is growing…but multichannel rules. 2020 saw a major increase in digital fundraising, with online giving growing by 12.1%. They will be making a major mistake.

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