LinkedIn Pending Malicious E-mail Notification Messages

Cyber-criminals are sending out fake and malicious e-mail messages(see below) looking exactly like LinkedIn's e-mail message notifications . The e-mail messages state that the recipients have pending messages awaiting their responses, and ask that they click on a link within them to visit their inbox. But, the link in the email messages will take the recipients to phishing websites, where scammers will attempt to trick them into disclosing their personal information, financial information, or their online account credentials. Also, the recipients maybe taken to malicious websites, where they will be tricked into downloading malicious software that will infect their computers with a virus, Trojan horse or some other malware. LinkedIn.com is the world’s largest professional network on the internet with more than 150 million members in over 200 countries and territories.