There ’ s a new LinkedIn scam Attack.Phishing doing the rounds , involving phishing emails and a fake website designed Attack.Phishing to harvest the information you have in your CV . In the first stage of the scam , you receive Attack.Phishing a phishing email disguised as Attack.Phishing a LinkedIn email . Here are just a few of the giveaways that this is a phishing email : Clicking either of the two links in the spam email will send you to https : //linkedinjobs ( dot ) jimdo ( dot ) com . We scanned the link with VirusTotal , and most of the security solutions found it to be clean , with the exception of a less well known scanner , AutoShun . Clicking on the website itself will take you to a simple page , where the main focus falls on a form for uploading your CV . Your CV contains a wealth of personal data which a cybercriminal uses to make a profit at your expense . Phone numbers can be sold for companies doing promotional cold calling . Or , the cybercriminal might call you himself in a vishing attack Attack.Phishing . Sometimes however , the attacker targets a company you worked at ( or a future company you want to work for ) . Using the information found within your CV , the attacker might impersonate Attack.Phishing you in order to launch spear phishing emails against people in those companies , such as the CEO or the accounting department , in order to illegally obtain funds or money transfers . In 2016 for instance , the CEO of an Austrian airplane component manufacturer was fired after he got tricked Attack.Phishing by a spear phishing attack Attack.Phishing that led him to transfer around 40 million euros to the scammer ’ s account . This isn ’ t the first time LinkedIn has been used a cover for a phishing campaign Attack.Phishing . Another similar situation was encountered in 2016 , which we also covered . It ’ s difficult ( if not impossible ) for companies alone to prevent these scams from taking place . In these cases , users too should contribute to keeping the Internet safe . In cases involving LinkedIn , the best course of action is to report these to the company : LinkedIn itself also offers a thorough set of tips and advice on how to recognize various scams over the network , such as inheritance or dating scams . When you ’ re actively searching for a job , being offered one in such a compelling tone might seem appealing . Because you expect to receive such messages ( indeed , you welcome them ) you ’ re tempted to let your guard down , and that ’ s exactly when a scammer strikes .