LinkedIn is One of the few examples of specific social networks that knew how to grow and consolidate over the years. Today, it is undoubtedly a great reference in a professional environment compared to other alternatives such as Xing, which have never managed to challenge the first position. And that’s a combination of its platform networking and job offers, supplemented by the presence of company profiles and large business personalities, make it a very, very attractive service for professional purposes.

This specialization as well allowed LinkedIn to escape many moves that we have witnessed general purpose social networks, which has managed to maintain a relatively positive image and enjoy even more enviable economic health through the invoicing of premium accounts, which is a very practical feature to facilitate contact with other users of the service, and it also gives profiles an advantage credibility.

But of course not everything could be positive, and as we can read on CNBC, The FBI claims the fraud on LinkedIn is “significant threat“For the platform and consumers. In other words, because of the positive reviews that many LinkedIn users make, they tend to be more trusting in their interactions with the service, and as a result, cybercriminals take advantage of this and cheat many users.

Although this has hardly been the case so far, according to the US agency, the volume of cryptocurrency investments has grown exponentially on LinkedIn, where a large number of frauds have occurred in the past, and without any decrease in this respect at present. The fraudsters continue to be very active on this social network, and the FBI does not believe that this trend will be reversed in the future.

Microsoft, which owns LinkedIn, acknowledges the recent increase in scams on the platform and in response claims to have removed no less than 32 million fake accounts last year. A very high number, so surprising, and this suggests that movements are very common in this regard, and therefore we must be extremely careful when interacting with strangers through service.

The fraud scheme is as follows: the fraudster uses a false profile to impersonate a professional and contacts potential victims. After talking to them,It is proposed to invest in cryptocurrencies and direct them to a legitimate platform where you start trading. Using a legitimate platform allows the fraudster to gain the victim’s trust, at which point he is told to move the investment to a site controlled by the fraudster. The funds are then emptied from the account.