Crossposted using Lemmit.

Original post from /r/scambaiting by /u/hushpuppylife on 2023-06-26 23:33:02+00:00.

About a week ago I realized my LinkedIn wasn’t letting me log on with my regular password/email because apparently my email has been changed and “no longer affiliated with an account.”

I’ve seen lots of similar post/ as of recent on Reddit, so I am wondering if this is a data breach.

Like others have said, their customer support seems to be shitty although i filed a ticket on their website and also sent a DM to the Twitter support as others have suggested.

In the meantime (I’m stupid for this) in a Twitter thread someone suggested a third-party service that would be able to “hack” back into your account to recover.

I’m not a fool for Internet scams, but I figured I would give it a shot (within reason) and long story short. I spent about $50 as a Hail Mary…and while the person seemed legitimate and walked me through the process, my account is still locked so at this point, I should just cut my losses and move on. Basically kept asking for more money for different “steps,” so that’s where I gave up. My loss but I guess I thought $50 would be worth the attempt. And I pay through Venmo rather than a credit card (not stupid lol)

However, is LinkedIn going to get back to me within a few days at least and recover my account? It’s not going to make or break me, but I would really prefer not to have to make a new account.

Ugh…