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post #16 of 17
1/26/11 at 10:54am
Hi,

I just wanted to share my recent "incident" via LinkedIn with you as I'm truly stunned by my "People You May Know" mail and was kind of hoping someone could tell me I'm not going mad.

I've not really used LinkedIn much and my Profile is both minimal and way out of date. Only my University and previous employer are on there, there's no photo either.

I got a "PYMK" email, odd, as in all the time I've used LinkedIn (3 years) I've never had one.

So the only person on this list is my Ex Partner, we haven't spoken in 8 years so I'm fairly sure there is no email address link here at work. No shared work colleagues (we worked in totally different industries) and we never shared offices.

I just wondered if any of you have any idea how this creepy incident could have occurred?

Cheers for any info

a very freaked out T1b
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post #17 of 17
2/2/11 at 3:41am
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Originally Posted by T1berious View Post
Hi, I just wanted to share my recent "incident" via LinkedIn with you as I'm truly stunned by my "People You May Know" mail and was kind of hoping someone could tell me I'm not going mad. I've not really used LinkedIn much and my Profile is both minimal and way out of date. Only my University and previous employer are on there, there's no photo either. I got a "PYMK" email, odd, as in all the time I've used LinkedIn (3 years) I've never had one. So the only person on this list is my Ex Partner, we haven't spoken in 8 years so I'm fairly sure there is no email address link here at work. No shared work colleagues (we worked in totally different industries) and we never shared offices. I just wondered if any of you have any idea how this creepy incident could have occurred? Cheers for any info a very freaked out T1b
LinkedIn will use your email address contacts to search for potential connections. This may also include your Google or web history if you use Gmail and/or Google Chrome. Maybe I'll send an email and ask for details.
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