Fake Chinese LinkedIn profile tries to get me to connect to them

So I get this:

…which resonates from another approach I’ve had previously from a Shenzen networking company looking for a security veep (sorry guys, having too much fun at Surevine).

Aaaaanyway, I do my favourite trick of the moment and push the profile picture through Google Image Search:

…it’s stock imaging from a clothing catalogue.

So are they lazy, deceitful, or are real former fashion models working as recruiters nowadays?

I go with the former but it doesn’t do much for their client’s credibility if they are real at all (as opposed to fishing for networking information).

Eva: if you really are a former fashion model, please get in touch.

Be aware of the Google trick, though; it’s dead useful for weeding out the stupid.

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