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🔐Question for the info tech security people I received this LinkedIn connection request from someone who needs no introduction, at least to Brits working in finance But it’s a new account with only 33 followers How to tell if it’s a a fake or if he’s just never bothered with LinkedIn before? A low follower count and few/no posts usually makes me suspicious but a higher one could also give the illusion of legitimacy How often do you accept invites without question? Enjoyed this? Then: Like 🩷 Share ♻️ Comment ✍ Follow 🤝 And click the 🔔 at top of my profile to be notified whenever I post
Hi Duncan. It is me, I have after all these years set up a LinkedIn profile. I have read a couple of your pieces and thought it would be good to connect with people writing interesting economic and investment content.
Over 10 mutuals makes an account pass the initial legitimacy test on here, so we probably need to help each other by looking a bit closer before accepting. I will also say that I sometimes end up judging mutuals who've followed obvious AI honeytrap pfp accs and whatnot.
Without having heard the man speak and only knowing him from the headlines, I'd say this is a pretty bad scam profile (aka real enough) - especially if the profile is linking through to the actual person's website where you're losing your audience, rather than a mispelt website that you could've knocked up in 20 mins.
I assume that’s why LinkedIn brought in that “Verified” feature. Although even then it is worth hiding your personal details from contacts as doubt there will not be a “bot” in there somewhere
I got the same & have so far ignored it!
Are you sure it's not real, 33 is probably about right no? 🤭
Duncan Lamont you joined LinkedIn in May 2008. So I guess your profile is trustworthy. Your Neil Woodford (now already has 54 connections) joined Linked in September 2025. Me not being a Brit and not being in Finance I would not know Neil and thus would simply check the "About this profile" info.
I only accept relevant requests never random. So I have 5000 plus golden ones! Neil would not be a golden one. Fake or real 😂
Chief Investment Officer at Redington Ltd
2wThis will probably sound a bit trite but I require an email address to connect. Even if someone is prepared to try out a few variations it means they a) need to spell my surname right and b) can't spell Redington with 2 "d"s, which eliminates a large proportion of people.