facts about facebook that u should know

1. Forget about bringing criminals to book, the crooks are themselves going to the book – Facebook, that is.

2. Experts have criticised Malaysians for being too naive in accepting “friendship” requests from strangers.

3. international survey last year revealed that Malaysians had the most number of friends on social networking websites like Facebook with an average of 233 each – and spent up to nine hours each week logged on.

4. 401 cases of criminal activities involving Facebook were reported to the Cyber999 Help Centre last year, with 62% related to harassment, 22% for hacked or compromised accounts and 5% related to identity fraud.

5. Over-excited online social network users who reveal personal information and accept “friendship” requests from complete strangers have made the site an increasingly popular target for cybercriminals.


by: The Star Online




p/s: beware people, please.