Email Fraud Alert received from: Professor
I recently received an email with this subject line: LinkedIn Service just sent you a private notification and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
LinkedIn Service sent you a notification
Date: 12/15/2014
http://www.linkedin.com/?action=viewNotification&va=message&profile=aaea
View/reply to this message
This email was intended for ………..@gmail.com.
2014, LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct. Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
The above email was sent by “LinkedIn Service” from this email address: dri.orgthevoice@dri.org
I, Professor, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “LinkedIn Service”:
It is all in the e-mail, the e-mail, the e-mail