How do I determine the authenticity of a particular LinkedIn member?

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Hello  I'm happy to assist you here. 

Here’s some of the checks I have in place when deciding whether or not to accept a connection request.

1. profile includes a headshot and not a stock image or logo.
2.  headline is professional.
3.  especially your headline is free of typos.
4. have at least 500+ connections. More than anything this tells me you didn’t just throw up a fake account this past week.
5. have a completed summary section sharing a little about who you are.
6.  profile is relatively complete.
7. engaged with one my posts or with me on another social network.
8. not promoting yourself 
9. profile is free of suspicious inconsistencies.

No worries. 

Here’s some of the checks I have in place when deciding whether or not to accept a connection request.

1. profile includes a headshot and not a stock image or logo.
2.  headline is professional.
3.  especially your headline is free of typos.
4. have at least 500+ connections. More than anything this tells  it  didn’t just throw up a fake account this past week.
5. have a completed summary section sharing a little about who they  are.
6.  profile is relatively complete.
7. engaged with one my posts or with me on another social network.
8. not promoting yourself 
9. profile is free of suspicious inconsistencies.

Is the Linkedin member trying to scam you? 

Can you show me the url address of the Linkedion member? or the name and the company 

Hi Rosa., 

It is definitely a fake account. 

Kiefer William Dempsey Sutherland has no linkedin account 

Education background was a a copy paste from Wikipedia. 

Yes the url was http://linkedin.com/in/kiefer-william-dempsey-sutherland-0677a8a9  .All th informatrion including the experience was a copy paste from Wikipedia

It because we are not connected  in Linkedin . Do you mind if I give you call.  

Do not close this page. I'll be giving you call

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Issue identified : linkedin acount authenticity inquiry 
Solution Implemented: call customer| check member and url address| member pretending to be an actor| very few connection and only has one endorsment | skills are not related to the real person| provide info that it is not a legitimate account| accepted answer  

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