[Sophos]LinkedIn spam leads to pump-and-dump stock scam

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LinkedIn spam leads to pump-and-dump stock scam

Spam emails claiming to come from LinkedIn appear to encourage investors to buy shares in a company, with the intention of making money by pumping-and-dumping the stock.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&blog=15254721&post=172548&subd=sophosnews&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/C37QKcTdahc" height="1" width="1"/>
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