Fraud has become a big issue on the web as well, there
is identity theft which is so easily done over Facebook by making a fake
account, twitter, LinkedIn almost any social media outlet doesn't require any
identification just an email. There are scams being done over Facebook pages as
well, people taking advantage of credit card numbers and finding other ways to
scam people. For example recent events on Facebook identity theft has led to
fraud being perpetrated with stolen identity of friends. [i]
By: Braydon C.
[i]
Rob, P. (2013). Q&A: How to avoid a facebook scam? Be a skeptic. USA Today.
Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/03/03/facebook-scam-timeline-social-media/1953975/
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