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I fell for this a couple of times. They grabbed my friends email and created a fake profile for her.

When I clicked connect, I thought I would invite her to my network, but it ended up with an invite to LinkedIn to her email.

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That is an invite to your network.

The difference is that you were not aware of how interested in LinkedIn the contact was, and you were not aware you were ALSO inviting her to join LinkedIn

The difference is that sending a request to someone within the social network to form a connection in that social network is different than sending an invite to someone's separate social network (email), which encourages them to join a whole new social network are two separate actions, and to represent one while doing the other is a bait-and-switch. This is a problem because they have separate social and cultural expectations, so you may feel comfortable doing one and not the other.

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