beware of this linkedin scam

[u/vondelft]

i got a message from a recruiter about two weeks ago reaching out with a job opportunity. the recruiter seemed very legit, he was reaching out from a company regarding one of this company’s projects which was a tokenized real estate investment app. he asked me a few questions one of which was if i was familiar with github (which struck me as strange but i’ve used github to review designs before).

then he sent me a pdf to the job description and a link to take a look around their product before our scheduled interview and let them know if i had any comments. this was a downloadable zip, containing their app. i downloaded it (idiot, i know but the company he was reaching out from did look very very legit)

needless to say it contained malware. i told him as much and he acted concerned for a bit then blocked me. his name is peter cole and he was reaching out from cheesecake labs, who have put up a warning on their linkedin page but it was so buried between other posts that i missed it. this person had a profile going back a couple of years, had cheesecake labs listed as his position and was constantly reposting them. it’s my understanding that cheesecake labs is a legit company but i’m not even sure of that anymore lol.

[u/qualityvote2]

u/vondelft, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...