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Users express frustration with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linkedin-is-a-cesspool-of-scammers-and-identity-theft-onrhoaetq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/onRhOaETq.png og:image:alt: LinkedIn is a cesspool of scammers and identity theft og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # LinkedIn is a cesspool of scammers and identity theft **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary LinkedIn is criticized as being overrun by scammers and identity theft, with Microsoft showing little concern about the problem. Users express frustration with the platform's gamification tactics and spam emails. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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