Photo Problems
Photo problems are with the profile photo itself.
- Photos that seem to be way too professional... or UN-professional
Photos that are too "posed" are clearly suspect. Use TinEye.com on it and you can often find where it was lifted from.
ex: that photo of "Jessica Trot" to the right... Is that a pose a professional would show people? TinEye revealed that this is actually an amateur model in Russia who's not afraid to show a bit more skin than that picture.
- Obvious Stock Photo
I've seen profile pics that still have the stockphoto website watermark - Clearly implausible photo
ex: Julia Cute claims to be from Pakistan, but "her" picture is obviously Chinese - Obvious Star Photo
Many fake profiles used movie stars, TV stars, sports stars, and more
Read the whole thing at
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-spot-fake-profiles-on-LinkedIn-and-other-social-networking-sites
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