This nonsense is the same thing that has trended in a local WhatsApp group that I'm a member and I floored the guy without delay. Bringing it here strictly shows that these scammers never rest.
If you're leasing your LinkedIn account, note the following- You are responsible for any scam activities that ensures as a result of people that connected with you clicking that link
- You are giving up the unique identity that is native to your account, since you can be a software developer by bio, and marketer by activity
- Your account may be lost to the scammers since they have your login credentials
- These companies are anonymous, just like the media design which advertises no company apart from you giving up your account for marketing
- You are going against LinkedIn T&C by leasing your account
- Your reputation is at risk since most LinkedIn accounts are registered in actual names
- Even if you don't loose the account, the inconsistencies from activities on the account would be a testimony against you in futuristic endeavors
- Your account is out of your control when leased and you cannot question how they use it or contents they post on it
QUESTTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF BEFORE LEASING- Why didn't they go ahead and create a company account on LinkedIn with a genuine Identity and hire marketers with their HR department for this purpose?
- Why do they need only accounts that are minimum of a specific age for their promotion? it's obvious so that LinkedIn system wouldn't easily flag their activities as illegal since it is with an old account
- Why are they not being specific on the kind of marketing they intend undertaking?
- If it was legitimate, why are they hiding in other people's accounts instead of owning up and presenting an identity?
- Is the peanuts they pay worth the negative identity that might arise from your account promoting scam activities?
Op, give us a sample of the kind of contents you are posting with proof of a LinkedIn post and the companies you are promoting on LinkedIn, lets evaluate their credibility here
Only few truth exist in your long speech which makes difficult for me to trash your post, leasing out of any asset simply mean the tenant is at liberty to do whatever he or she likes with the asset......
The bright side of your argument is whether such assets is used constructively or it's misused....
I have carefully choose the company that I am working with and I can confirm that they have nothing to do with the account owner identity and they also accept bots connection in any rented account.
Most importantly there will always be imitations of any good product or services.
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