LinkedIn phishing scheme is back—don’t respond

If you see a message in your email from “LinkedIn Email Confirmation” and with the subject line “Please confirm your email address,” it could very well be a fraud.

That old LinkedIn phishing scheme is back again. I got three identical emails within 90 minutes this morning. Notice the “From” line in the header below. The other two emails were sent from emailconfirm@locomp.net and from emailconfirm@eco.co.uk. 

While reading LinkedIn’s Account Security & Privacy Best Practices,  I noticed that it cautions against including your physical address, email address and phone number in your profile. My profile included my email address and phone number until  I deleted them a few minutes ago. That could be why I received the email. 

 

 

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  • Christine

    Yes, I’m getting these too. I am blocking them, but they still get through.

    Thanks for the update!

    • Joan

      Check your profile on LinkedIn to make sure your email address isn’t listed.