Fake LinkedIn profiles: Ignoring their connection requests

Hi,

I get a lot of connection requests on LinkedIn. I have noticed that a number lately appear to have been from fake-looking auto-generated profiles with semi-nonsense experience. A simple way you can see some of them is via this search:

http://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?type=people&keywords=%22Licensed+Psychotherapist+focused+on+providing+individual+and+couples+counseling+services.+Specializing+in+work+related+stress%2C+womens%E2%80%99+issues+and+family+mediation+services.%22&pplSearchOrigin=GLHD&pageKey=fps_results

This search contains a long and complex literal string, and yet it yields 356 matching results, many of whom have tried to connect to me lately. Matching just the first sentence matches even more. The first clue was that many of them used celebrity names, or claimed to be various senior executives at IBM that they couldn't possibly be, and also the profile photos are stylistically very similar after you see a few of them. I smell a rat, although I am unsure what the cheese they are seeking is. Anyway, if you are a real person with this exact string in your profile, please feel free to let me know I should not ignore your request. I don't have time to respond to bots.

Cheers,
Connie L. O'Dell
Sr. Verification Specialist
c.odell@co-consulting.net
303-641-5191
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