"Matsayz" (matsayz)
10/15/2017 at 11:38 • Filed to: Linkedin
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"Matsayz" (matsayz)
10/15/2017 at 11:38 • Filed to: Linkedin | 1
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Anyone else just get this email?
CB
> Matsayz
10/15/2017 at 11:46 |
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Nope. Mainly because I don’t have a LinkedIn.
404 - User No Longer Available
> Matsayz
10/15/2017 at 11:46 |
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I’ve always suspected those are automated (i.e. faked) by LinkedIn, especially for inactive profiles just to get engagement. I got an “invite” from my dad’s profile, but he’s already retiring and he barely gets a grip of WhatsApp on his phone.
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> Matsayz
10/15/2017 at 11:49 |
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Did you add him?
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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> CB
10/15/2017 at 11:51 |
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I wish I didn’t. No real choice in my industry
Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
> Matsayz
10/15/2017 at 11:58 |
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Yes I received that email, no I am not doing anything with it since I don’t have a LinkedIn account.
For Sweden
> Matsayz
10/15/2017 at 12:41 |
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Better Patrick than Doug, probably
unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/15/2017 at 12:43 |
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Mechanical engineer?
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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
10/15/2017 at 13:05 |
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Insurance
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Matsayz
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/15/2017 at 13:18 |
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No, assuming it’s fake and I don’t have LinkedIn
crowmolly
> Matsayz
10/15/2017 at 13:25 |
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Has anyone alerted him to this? He might want to know so he can report it.
Patrick George
> Matsayz
10/15/2017 at 13:55 |
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Yeah, it’s me. I just approved like a bazillion of those requests? Is that why you got it?
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Matsayz
> Patrick George
10/15/2017 at 14:09 |
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I don’t have an account so don’t trust the Matsayz that friended you!!!
McMike
> Patrick George
10/15/2017 at 14:28 |
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At some point you gave LinkedIn your contacts. They are very, very good at making this easy to do with “Welcome” screens on their website, and (especially) their mobile app. One tap, and LinkedIn sends requests to all of your contacts - whether they have a profile or not.
My email address is in your contacts somewhere..
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Patrick George
> McMike
10/15/2017 at 14:52 |
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Oh good!!!
BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre
> Patrick George
10/15/2017 at 15:01 |
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I saw the “Patrick George invited you to connect” alert and was all like “I only know of one Patrick George.”
I knew it was was too good to be true lol
Has LinkedIn really gotten this spammy?
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McMike
> Matsayz
10/15/2017 at 15:02 |
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Patrick has your email address, and LinkedIn tricked him into clicking/tapping the “spam all my email contacts” button.
LinkedIn is very good at making the big button on the welcome page trigger this, while hiding the “next” option at the bottom of the page.
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McMike
> Patrick George
10/15/2017 at 15:18 |
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I think the most I ever witnessed was five. FIVE screens at first launch after a LinkedIn mobile app update before you could enter the app.
Each one had a little tiny “x” or “next” on the bottom of the screen, while the big “GO” button was in the middle of the screen. I think one of them actually said “GET STARTED”
Each of those big buttons was an attempt to get your contacts and send them all notifications.
I fell for it once, but didn’t know until I was browsing through the “people you may now” suggestions and saw “returns@Amazon.com” as someone they thought I might want to connect with.
Also saw old, stale email addresses that no longer existed as possible connections.
Oh, and I just remembered this. :)
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
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Patrick George
> McMike
10/15/2017 at 17:04 |
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I am sorry everyone! Good Lord! I did not mean for this to happen