Crypto scammers are increasingly targeting LinkedIn users: FBI
An FBI agent has informed that crypto-scammers on LinkedIn are a “significant threat” to user safety.
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Cryptocurrency scammers are now increasingly targeting job-seeking candidates on the Microsoft-owned social network LinkedIn. An FBI agent has informed that crypto-scammers on LinkedIn are a “significant threat” to user safety.
In an interview with CNBC, Sean Ragan, an FBI agent said that LinkedIn has a problem when it comes to investment scams and crypto scammers are luring candidates under the pretext of an investment scheme. “This type of fraudulent activity is significant,” Ragan told. “There are many potential victims, and there are many past and current victims.”
It is worth noting that LinkedIn claims to have 830 million members in more than 200 countries. “They are always thinking about different ways to victimize people, victimize companies,” Ragan told CNBC. “And they spend their time doing their homework, defining their goals and their strategies, and their tools and tactics that they use.”
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