Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Whilst still on Malaysia, the crooks here are going to the book, Facebook, that is. A common story all over the world with the new social networking era.

Most of the cases are identity thefts, with telephone numbers, even photographs being lifted off for crimes ranging from drug trafficking to blackmail and sexual harassment.

In Malaysia alone, some 400 crimes involving Facebook were reported to a cyber security group. According to an international survey of 2010, Malaysians are at the top with the most number of friends on social networking websites like Facebook with an average of 233, and spending up to nine hours each week logged on! Malaysia is ranked 15 with 9 899 460Facebook users (37.75% of its population), with US at the top of the list with 146 591 880users, according to the Socialbakers site. Kenya surprisingly has 999 700 users, Uganda 253 620 users and Tanzania 220 560 users.

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Facebook users the world over have been posting on many occasions personal details such as birth dates, addresses and telephone numbers on the website and which has been a boon for identity fraudsters.

Hackers operating on social networks can easily create fake profiles and send friendship requests to unsuspecting users within their target groups.

Many users have become victims of identity frauds, harassment, blackmail and lost money through various scams operated via the website.

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