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LinkedIn Job Offers – Scams or Legit?
I’m a Board certified periodontist & implant specialist. I am on LinkedIn. Most of the connections are other professionals. Many only approach me to get me to use their marketing or supply companies. Recently, I got a message, from a LinkedIn member. Here’s the message thread:
Hello, my employer is currently looking for a consultant and I found on the platform that your work experience is a good fit for my employer’s requirements. If you are interested, please remember to reply to me and I will introduce you to the job description.Kevin Khan
Ecommerce Talent Partner @ Hire With Jarvis | Senior IT Recruiter
I said I was interested in hearing more.
Next reply: Hello, my employer is planning to invest in a large medical industry. We would like to hire you as the Chief Dental Implant Senior Specialist Consultant in our company. Are you interested in this position? If possible. Since my employer is from Europe, please send your WhatsApp or Telegram account and my employer will contact you to introduce you the job details.
My question: Is this legit? I’m leaning on believing that it is not. But, I’m wondering why this person wants to go to WhatsApp, or Telegram. What would this person or company have to gain, by switching apps?
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Hello Dr. Moore,
This is a scam. No reputable company would ask you to use WhatsApp or Telegram. That’s a good catch. They essentially move communications off of LinkedIn, so your communications won’t be logged. Eventually, they would ask you to purchase Equipment with your own money, helping out their vendor making sales, or they would send you a bogus deposit and request that you purchase hardware such as a laptop, planet tickets, etc. Leaving you in the negative once the fraudulent transfer is discovered by the bank.
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Okay. Thanks!
Sadly, LinkedIn has become inundated with scammers. I have gotten several connections from women, who say they are medical device reps and startup investers. So, I was communicating with one, and started asking about how she could invest in a business that I wanted to expand into. This was a test, really. Soon, the requests to chat in other platforms came up. I hope other people can read this next part. I am certainly not a perfect person. But I told this woman, that any time I spend “chatting” with her is time away from my wife and family. So, it is cheating. It might be virtual, or cyber. But, it’s still taking time and attention off of where it needs to be.
God bless
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