LinkedIn Restricting Accounts using Lead scrapping tools
Recently my LinkedIn account was temporarily banned by LinkedIn for 24 hours. Reason was LinkedIn detected some 3rd party automation/lead scrapping tools. I run a solo Lead Gen business where I do prospecting from LinkedIn as well. So I use a lot of tools. Apollo's Chrome Extension was enabled on LinkedIn. I didn't even do spammy or heavy prospecting. Probably just cross verified and checked a few leads by visiting the prospects Linkedin profile and fetching emails.
I certainly don't want to lose my LinkedIn account. I also use LinkedIn for prospecting. Sometimes for cross verification and sometimes when manual work is required.
My question is how is everyone else dealing with this issue? What are the alternatives? Is there a way to work around this? What has worked for you and what hasn't? How can I avoid getting my account banned and also keep using LinkedIn safely without triggering the Linkedin alogrithm?
Please guide as this is a serious problem and is halting my business.
Posted Jun 8, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC