5 Ways To Avoid Facebook Identity Theft Scams

Some days back I shared a post in identity theft scams where you learned how to http://profsmythe.blogspot.com /2011/09/how-to-avoid-being-victim-of-online-and.html" rel="dofollow" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">avoid online and credit card identity theft scams. With social media being part of our daily lives, we are bound to fall victims to various facebook scams such as “Free Facebook t-shirts on 7th anniversary” which is a phishing link.

Once clicked, it'll ask for further details about yourself in order for you to claim a free t-shirt. Once, you become a prey, a spam message is posted on your wall spreading in a similar manner to your friends' walls.

Facebook and other social networking sites have a tempting social appeal. You can create a profile of yourself that highlights your talents. However, all this personal information posted on your profile such as names, birth dates, kids' names, photographs, password reminders, your friends and your enemies can serve as a one-stop shop for identity thieves. All a scammer has to do to access it is become your FRIEND!

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