LinkedIn Job Scams

Interesting article on the variety of LinkedIn job scams around the world:

In India, tech jobs are used as bait because the industry employs millions of people and offers high-paying roles. In Kenya, the recruitment industry is largely unorganized, so scamsters leverage fake personal referrals. In Mexico, bad actors capitalize on the informal nature of the job economy by advertising fake formal roles that carry a promise of security. In Nigeria, scamsters often manage to get LinkedIn users to share their login credentials with the lure of paid work, preying on their desperation amid an especially acute unemployment crisis.

These are scams involving fraudulent employers convincing prospective employees to send them money for various fees. There is an entirely different set of scams involving fraudulent employees getting hired for remote jobs.

Tags: fraud, LinkedIn, scams

Posted on December 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM • 3 Comments

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first post bunny • December 31, 2025 7:34 AM

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TimH • December 31, 2025 7:38 AM

Yet another wrapper for advance fee fraud. Easier to detect by asking “Why do I need to pay an upfront fee for this?”

Last one I saw was a required on-line credit che,ck (something like $40) for renting a property. The scammers owned the purported credit check portal and it is difficult to show that they are associated with any (ficticious) property listings.

Clive Robinson • December 31, 2025 8:56 AM

@ ALL,

I read this in the quote,

“Nigeria, scamsters often manage to get LinkedIn users to share their login credentials with the lure of paid work, preying on their desperation amid an especially acute unemployment crisis.“

And I immediately think,

“Unemployment crisis only in Nigeria?”

It may not be as bad in the UK as it is in the US or many other countries. But the real unemployment rate is rising.

A big indicator of this is the so called “gig economy”…

But as is often the case you have to pay someone to get into such jobs or “rent equipment”.

Sometimes it’s difficult to tell the difference between an “employer” or someone “on the take”.

I’ve mentioned in the past a UK Hospital in South West London, that had nearly all the “out sourced” cleaning staff from ISS Mediclean taken away and three managers arrested,

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/4750593.blackmail-arrests-at-kingston-hospital-contractor/

This sort of thing is not exactly uncommon.

Another example is of an unqualified person “borrowing” for kickback a qualified nurses ID and “working bank” through an agency.

Then there are… Delivery people who are not legally allowed to work, who take over accounts and bikes etc for those who are allowed to work.

One person was found to have six such gig-jobs, yet was actually working full time. Basically they had rented out the gig-jobs to “illegals” at 25% fee each.

The list goes on and on.

LinkedIn Job Scams

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