MANILA, September 23 — A man spent two years hunting fake job listings on LinkedIn and found 60,000 of them, according to a story published on the same date. The finding puts a hard number on a problem that has shadowed the world’s largest professional network for years. LinkedIn, founded in 2002 and owned by Microsoft since 2016, counts more than 1 billion members.
The story does not name the individual behind the two-year search, nor does it describe the methods he used. It also carries no response from LinkedIn.
What the 60,000 figure means
Sixty thousand listings across two years works out to an average of roughly 82 fake postings a day. That is the central statistic in the account, and it is the only one the story provides. Fake job listings are not idle clutter.
They can be used for phishing, for identity theft, or to harvest personal data from people who believe they are applying for work. The story does not detail which of those purposes the listings it describes served.
LinkedIn has previously said it uses automated and manual reviews to remove fake accounts and listings. The company has faced this scrutiny before. In 2022, it reported removing millions of fake accounts.
A familiar problem, a new count
The scale of the finding points to the difficulty platforms face in moderating user-generated content, and to the exposure job seekers carry when they trust a listing at face value. What comes next is unclear. The story does not say whether LinkedIn has been contacted about the 60,000 listings, whether any of them have been taken down, or whether the man behind the count plans to publish his findings in full.
It also does not say where he is based or how he went about the search. Watch for whether LinkedIn responds to the figure, and whether the count prompts any change to how the platform verifies employers before a posting goes live.
