LinkedIn

This message purports to be from the social media site LinkedIn, suggesting that someone wishes to connect with you. This message is a fraud, as can be seen by examining the destinations of the links in the message (they do not go to LinkedIn). Delete this message; do not click on any of the links or attempt to reply.

This email attempts to trick you into clicking on a link. It purports to be from LinkedIn, and it looks very realistic (the graphics are all exactly like those in real LinkedIn messages, and there are no apparent errors in grammar or style). But the link, whose address is http://199.47.149.2/~sunnycha/probabilities.html, does not point to a LinkedIn address (it does not even point to a named server, but just an IP address!). This email should be regarded as SPAM and deleted.

Many at Lehigh are using LinkedIn for professional networking. This example looks very much like the email messages received daily from LinkedIn.