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		peppertree on Sept 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Someone is pretending to be me Scam is rampant on LinkedIn. I'm getting constant connection requests from obviously fake profiles with AI generated faces.

cynusx on Sept 27, 2022 | [–]

Same here. I just ignore devs that apply directly to me on linkedin, I would be surprised if any of them were real or not an agency.

kube-system on Sept 27, 2022 | [–]

And they all have 500+ connections. Bet they're scraping profiles or some crap.

wildrhythms on Sept 27, 2022 | [–]

The connections are also bots.

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