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TBBVA143: LinkedIn Scam, Fake Check, Lesson Learned

February 1, 2019 By Tiffany Parson 8 Comments

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LinkedIn Scam, Fake Check, Lesson Learned

 

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This week I’m sharing how I almost got scammed on LinkedIn and tracked down the real person being used. Learn from my mistake as I share it all, including the fake check, and some things to look out for along the way. Hope you enjoy!

 

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  1. Annette Rich says

    February 1, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    Thank you for sharing your experience! (You’re the new Oprah, LOL!) Please don’t be embarrassed. It never enters my mind to be scammed that way. I am always aware of hackers, but not scammers on the internet.

    One thing I’ve always tried to figure out is how to vet people who request to connect with you on LinkedIn, Facebook and other social media accounts. Should I choose everyone who requests or is there some system we should use that governs how we okay a request.

    Oh, I’m on the VIP list and a member of the VA BOC group. I would really like to see that be one of the topics discussed in the VA BOC group.

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    • Tiffany Parson says

      February 5, 2019 at 5:53 pm

      Hi Annette!

      Thanks so much Wow, I’ll take it LOL!

      Awesome that’s definitely something we can talk more about.

      Reply
  2. Dhara says

    February 8, 2019 at 12:01 pm

    Thank you for sharing. Im currently a personal assistant getting ready to switch to virtual assistant in the next couple of months. Listening to your podcast open my mind that we need to be on the look out as well for scammers.

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    • Tiffany Parson says

      February 11, 2019 at 7:47 pm

      Hi Dhara! You’re welcome Thank you for sharing. I appreciate you so much for listening.

      Reply
  3. Dawna says

    July 21, 2019 at 9:44 pm

    Listening to this episode is kinda funny… this just happened to me. Only I shut it down before he sent a check…

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    • Tiffany Parson says

      July 22, 2019 at 9:25 pm

      Hi Dawna! Thanks so much for listening and stopping by. Oh my gosh…so glad you shut it down before it went too far. We meet all kinds online 🙂

      Reply
  4. Allen Clark says

    January 15, 2020 at 11:01 pm

    I am glad I happened upon this site. I almost fell for THE EXACT scam. I can’t believe it, it was on Linkedin under a job posting for Budget Blinds. That is a real company. I got suspicious when I googled this persons email address and it shows up on multiple job postings for multiple different companies in different areas of the country.

    Matter of fact, they are still using the same first line in the email (“I am rest assured”).

    God Bless

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    • Tiffany Parson says

      January 21, 2020 at 6:22 pm

      Hi Allen! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂 Good thing you googled their email address. God bless you too!

      Reply

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