If you work in just about any industry, LinkedIn has become a valuable networking tool for business owners, professionals and recruiters.and#8232;and#8232; Because it's become so popular, it's also opened up another avenue for scammers and cyber-thieves.and#8232;and#8232; A common scam is posing as a recruiter on LinkedIn to trick new connections involved in what they think is a potential new opportunity.and#8232;and#8232; Their actual motivation is to either scam you with a fake opportunity or possibly to gather personal information from you via your resume for an ID theft scam.and#8232;and#8232; A relatively new looking profile with few connections is always a red flag, as well as subtle grammar mistakes in their text.and#8232;and#8232; The profile image itself can be a quick way to sniff out these scammers as most of them use stock photos or images that they stole from others.and#8232;and#8232; Performing an image search using their profile pic via Google's image search or the reverse lookup tool at https://tineye.com will check to see if that's the case.and#8232;and#8232; Connecting with new people on LinkedIn is a valuable thing, but take a minute to do a little PI work whenever you get one that's a little suspicious.