WiZiD Posted February 11, 2011 Member ID: 804 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 3 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Device: Windows Posted February 11, 2011 By Bob Rankin Government agencies ranging from the IRS to state and county regulators often start investigations into suspected fraud with a Google search on a person of interest. From there, they access social network traces of the subject's activities and statements. "I got a new Porsche!" posted gleefully online may not jibe with the income reported on your tax return. You might as well shout such incriminating statements into the IRS' voicemail system! The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' agents are under standing orders to try and "friend" applicants for citizenship on social networks, and the applicants' real friends, in hope of eliciting information that will uncover fraudulent citizenship applications. But you haven't done anything wrong, so you have nothing to hide, right? Maybe not... What you put on social networks need only "look bad" to cause you enormous trouble. Insurance fraud investigators - actually, people who are paid to find any excuse to deny a claim or cancel coverage - troll Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social networks looking for evidence to misconstrue. One woman, allegedly suffering chronic depression, had her insurance canceled because Facebook photos showed her sunning on a beach and dancing. The insurer argued that she couldn't be depressed if she was having a good time. But of course, psychiatrists often prescribe having a good time to alleviate depression. Being seen with aspirin doesn't prove you don't have a headache. Potential and current employers use social network surveillance to find discrepancies between employment applications and work histories published on LinkedIn and the like; to learn what employees really think about their employers; and to find some sort of "conduct unbecoming" that can be used to fire someone they don't want to keep. Lovers and spouses have shot each other over postings on social networks. Private investigators love social networks, which save them lots of shoe leather in tracking a suspected cheater or uncovering attempts to hide assets during a divorce. Local police probably make greater use of social networking surveillance than any other group. Every week, you can find news reports of petty criminals who bragged about "getting away with it" on Facebook. As an old cop adage says, "We don't catch the smart ones." The moral of all this is: don't put anything on social networks that you wouldn't want your worst enemy to see! It can and will be used against you. Remember that "friends" and "followers" are just ego-boosting marketing buzzwords that social networks use to entice you into building lots of marketing data that they can sell. Make friends only with people you know in real life, not some avatar who may very well be an auditor. Review your friends and followers periodically and delete those you don't recognize. Use whatever privacy settings are available to restrict access to your social network data to known friends. Awards
Darth Yoda Posted February 11, 2011 Member ID: 934 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 19 Topic Count: 131 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 832 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 137 Achievement Points: 5656 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 19, 2014 Birthday: 08/16/1960 Posted February 11, 2011 Two things to add. 1. If you get a request from an unknown beautiful girl (or guy) and "friend" them, you have probably just been infected by a worm. 2. I know for a FACT that certain car makers use Facebook to trace skippers and those behind on payments. Remember, I just got a new job and guess what I do!
BudSr Posted February 11, 2011 Member ID: 5 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 359 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2475 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 242 Achievement Points: 16234 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 25, 2020 Birthday: 02/02/1966 Posted February 11, 2011 HOLY FUCK I AM SCREWED I JUST SENT MONEY TO A 18yr OLD GIRL WHO SAID SHE NEEDS BREAST IMPLANTS AND WOULD SENT ME PHOTOS OF THE AFTER,
Dark Asylumn Posted February 11, 2011 Member ID: 809 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 252 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2840 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 1032 Achievement Points: 20424 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 03:27 PM Birthday: 06/25/1979 Device: Windows Posted February 11, 2011 BudSrXI HOLY FUCK I AM SCREWED I JUST SENT MONEY TO A 18yr OLD GIRL WHO SAID SHE NEEDS BREAST IMPLANTS AND WOULD SENT ME PHOTOS OF THE AFTER, no you should be fine she will send you pics of her new breasts the day after surgery and they are gonna be magically perfect and unbruised youll see roflmao Awards
HarryWeezer Posted February 11, 2011 Member ID: 20166 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 17 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted February 11, 2011 Ya Bud I got screwed too!!! I befriended this chic who said that if I sent her $100, she would send me something that absolutely, positively would make my dick bigger. So I sent her the money, and she sent me back a magnifying glass. Awards
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