I received the following from James Mahone on Linkedin - it was connected to a deaf and hard of hearing group I am a member of
LinkedIn
James Mahone has sent you a message.
Date: 3/04/2011
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!
On behalf of Linkedin and Sony Corporation WORLDWIDE, I am pleased to inform you that your account has been randomly selected on Linkedin by Mr Jeff Weiner and Kunitake Ando in the current Linkedin / Sony Corporation promotion ..
Your account at Linkedin have just won the total sum of $ 100,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS) in the current Linkedin / Sony Corporation promotion ..
Contact the payment department below to claim your won PRIZE
Contact Department: Payment Department
Contact Email: [protected]@live.com
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linkedin — Fake Educational Profile
Srividya Raghuraman is not an MBA. She is just a Diploma in Management/Business Administration. It is high time that Linkedin has a verification mechanism to stop such fraudsters.http://in.linkedin.com/pub/srividya-raghuraman/4/31b/29b