#5 LinkedIn Stock Scam

This is another kind of scam used to temporarily inflate the price of a particular stock by spreading good news about it, forcing others to invest. Meanwhile, the scammers sells of the shares for profit and soon, the stokes will go down. The scam is called “Pump-and-dump-stock.” The latest victims to this kind of stock scam was LinkedIn users who were leaded to a video that urge them to invest in an “up and coming” educational software company.

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#4 Your Account Cancelled!

This scam tries to scare you by convincing that your social network account has been deleted without your consent. The emails, which appear to be coming from legitimate sources like LinkedIn and Facebook will tell you to take appropriate actions either to cancel or restore your account. Both of them request your username and password for the procedures. The reality is you are handling over your credentials to a spammer who is going to steal your valuable information.