Imagine someone owning a LinkedIn page in your company’s name and diverting visitors to a fake site with misleading information. This no less than a nightmare and it can completely ruin your hard-earned reputation!
SURPRISING THIS IS GETTING VERY COMMON!
Undoubtedly, LinkedIn is the largest professional network today and the most ideal platform to connect with businesses, professionals, and job seekers. An official LinkedIn page has become a necessity for companies to connect with their target audience groups and build a great referral traffic source for their website. I am sure you don’t want someone to own your company’s LinkedIn page.
We recently faced the challenge of a fake ID with one of our clients. Their company’s LinkedIn page was stolen by an unknown user, and the page was diverting traffic to a fake business site set up under the client’s brand name. When we tracked and reported the user, he asked for a high compensation to release the page. The process to get the page released was tedious and long, and the cost to the business was huge.
One of the most common ways to perform large-scale data harvesting attacks is by using fake profiles. A malicious user can set up a company page (even though he is not an employee or an owner) under a fake profile. His main motive is to hold the company for ransom. And sadly, LinkedIn is not immune to these kinds of attacks.
How to Report A Fake Business Profile on LinkedIn
- Sign up/Sign In on LinkedIn
- Click the More icon on the member’s profile.
- Click Report/Block.
- Select Report this profile in the What do you want to do? Pop-up window.
- Select the applicable reason for flagging the profile in the Tell us a little more pop-up window.
- Click Submit proceed or Back to review your options.
- Tweet On LinkedIn’s Twitter Account
Submit a Support Case to the LinkedIn
Sign in to your LinkedIn account in order to contact LinkedIn.
To submit a support case:
- ClickContact us at the bottom of the page.
- Select Get help from us from the available options. You can also click:
- Find an answer in Help Forum– to take advantage of community knowledge
- Find out how to do something– to get the answer you need, right now
- Suggest an improvement– to tell us how we can make your experience better
- Type a brief description of your issue or question and review the suggested Help Center articles.
- If you don’t find an answer to your question, click Next and answer all questions with a next to them at the bottom of the page. Filling out these required fields will help us assist you better.
- You can add a screenshot or supporting documentation that we can reference for troubleshooting by clicking Add an attachment.
- Click Submit. One of our Customer Service representatives will reply to you as quickly as possible.
These are some of the ways through which you can report a fake business profile on LinkedIn. I have come across companies who have ignored such threats and later on paid a high price for it, which also affected their business credibility badly.
If you are still stuck in a situation like this. Don’t panic! Take a step-by-step approach and reach out to the Linkedin Support team to help you. Drop a line in the message box and we will be happy to help you.
