LinkedIn - Disgusting behaviour and how to complain and prevent this happening to others?

MyRealNameToo

Uriziel said:

Isthisforreal99 said:

Uriziel said:

You are being overly dramatic. Please do not create any fake accounts. It is no longer 2000 and the internet is no longer in the infant stage where everyone had 100 fake accounts with fake names everywhere because why not. Now companies expect you to use your actual real name and be genuine or they will lock your account. I do not understand why you are complaining. You can easily contact your card and cancel any payments which you seem to have done so why are you saying they are trying to take money until "end of time" which again shows how dramatic and ridiculous your behaviour is. The reason they are asking for ID is because they know that your account is fake and not real. Just ignore them and move on with your life. They cannot take any money off you since you cancelled this payment from the banks side and you clearly are not going to make a genuine LinkedIn account. Move on.

Wrong, cancelling the card won't stop the payments going out, which is what they did. If it's a CPA then they need to cancel this with the lender and Linkedin

I am very sure that OP can call LinkedIn's contact number and let them know the fake account and that he does not want to have this service and they will be more than happy to cancel it.

Given the OP claims not to be able to find a telephone number or email address maybe worth you sharing the telephone number you suggest they call?



As to the OP, there are contact forms, eg https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/LI-DEFAULT-NEW which you can use without being logged in. 

saajan_12

ClapNursesPayCEOs said:

GardenBirdWatcher said:

ClapNursesPayCEOs said:

However shortly after obtaining access my Jane Doe LinkedIn account was locked.

So, to sum up - you created a fake account on LinkedIn in an attempt to use content that they usually charge for and LinkedIn locked your fake account. I'm fairly certain that if you check their T&Cs, there will be some mention of creating fake accounts not being allowed.

LinkedIn will unlock or cancel the account if I Identification which I do not wish to cannot provide as I don't have any fake ID for my fake name.

FTFY

*Please note my credit card was immediately cancelled as this was my only way of preventing what some might call theft.

You may well get a surprise when you see your next credit card bill as it's very likely that this legitimate charge will be back on there. You signed up for a service, and LinkedIn are providing it, its just that because of your own actions you can't actually make use of it. So your attempt to avoid paying is likely to fail.

T&Cs I'm sure would do this, I could argue it is unfair two services being used together to try and get you to use their original CV service but as you probably would agree a pointless discussion.

The FTFY I was aware but thank you for pointing out
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If anyone else is able to be constructive and helpful I would appreciate, as I was expecting to hear about ombudsman for these types of practices.

The point is that's the package they are offering - engage in their platform, which is what advertisers pay them for, in return for the trials etc. Or more cynically, sell your (real) data for the free month's training video. They don't have to offer the parts separately, and insisting its all-or-nothing doesn't make it unfair. 

Seems you're choosing nothing - which is fine and I agree you should not be charged. Just google for email addresses eg this one found in 5.2 seconds support@linkedin.com.