Are you sharing too much information about yourself through the social media sites?
I recently penned a blog article for Interact Media about how your social media efforts can be kidnapped by scam artists. You can read more about that here: http://www.interactmedia.com/social-media-marketing-blog/bid/24304/Social-Media-and-the-Scam-Artist
I have to say, I love my computer and I’m online a lot. As part of that, I pay regular visits to Facebook, and I’m astounded by the people who just post anything and everything on there.
I know how much their furniture cost, where their kids go to school, when they’re going on vacation and how long they’ll be gone, and even exactly where they work.
I even have friends who post on there how much they hate their jobs! Do they want to be fired that badly?
A lot of people believe that their posts are protected by some kind of privacy standards. I don’t know what kind of privacy they’re expecting, but I know that I can read the wall posts of just about anybody I search for without becoming their friends.
So just be careful out there. Not everybody is out to hurt you, but it only takes one scam artist to steal your identity or even steal your safety.
