As we're sure you're all aware by now, Facebook, when used recklessly, can get you into trouble.

Firings, break-ups and general foreheadslapping missteps are no strangers to the social networking site. But Facebook trouble can be much more grave than all that. Look behind the break and catch a glimpse of Facebook's dark criminal underbelly, if you dare. Blackmail ending any personal info or incriminating pictures to someone on Facebook is a huge mistake for many reasons. !ne of the worst possible outcomes is getting blackmailed for money, se", or, well, anything these sickos dream up. #eally, whether they're using a fake profile or not, it's a horrible idea. #ead up on the story of an $%-year-old who blackmailed &$ male classmates after he posed as a girl and asked for nude pictures. 'hat's lesson enough. Impostors ure, it can be harmless to impersonate a celeb online or create a fake profile for a movie character. But seriously, there's a definite line you shouldn't cross when pretending to be someone else and it can lead to dire conse(uences for you. )aybe it's not as e"treme as the )oroccan man who was *ailed for +& days after creating a fake Facebook profile of a prince, but you never know. ,ust steer clear of it. Self-Incrimination -o we really have to e"plain this. ,ust look up the shoplifter who posed with her stolen merchandise, the many photos of drunk underage teens, and, most recently, the album featuring a couple who killed and ate an endangered iguana in the Bahamas. Suicide ocial networking sites has been blamed for a lot of things, fairly and unfairly, but in our opinion, the worst offense has been their indirect involvement in suicides. !bviously, there are a lot of factors responsible in each case, but there does seem to be links between social networking and a rash of suicides, and obviously there's the tragic case of )egan )eier, who killed herself after a classmate's mom impersonated a teen boy and harassed her over )yspace. Murder /e've reported on numerous incidents of people getting in trouble because of their online behavior. 0ow, people are becoming victims because of what they're doing on the /eb too. 1n 2ngland, a man was convicted of murdering his estranged wife after she changed her relationship status to 3single.3 o, be careful of who can see your profile and what you're doing, no matter how harmless it seems. Nigerian Scammers !h, you thought this only happened via poorly worded emails, right. /rong. !nce people got wise to their old ways, these con men started turning to social networking sites for new targets. 0ow, they're hacking into people's accounts and impersonating them to ask for money, usually with some weird sob story. 4ou can check out a transcript of one of these conversations here. Cooperation 2ven if the law isn't on a case, a victim, his friends, or empathetic strangers might be. ince it's easy to get word out for anything online, people are using blogs, forums, and social networking sites to help track down criminals. 1n one such case, a vehicle thief was tracked down by a bunch of anonymous car enthusiasts after the victim posted his story on a forum. 1n the end, they identified the guy through his Facebook profile. Facebook and crime Last week, a 5ennsylvania home was burglari6ed and the thief was caught because he had used the homeowner's computer to check his facebook page. 'his is pretty much an e"ample of sheer idiocy. 7owever, Facebook does offer the possibility of actively aiding crime solvers. A few weeks ago 1 saw the following status alert on a friend's facebook page8 3A)B2# AL2#' 10 ! 7/A 04-& 42A# !L- 91#L 'A:20 B4 A )A0 -#1;109 1L;2# '#<=: !ntario 5LA'2 > ?@% &%$. 1f all of you reading my status would copy and paste into your status, it could potentially save a little girl's life.3 )y first thought was, 1 live in outh =arolina, there's no point in posting this. 7owever, then 1 remembered that 1 do have one friend who lives in upstate 0ew 0ork and probably many of my friends on Facebook have a friend who lives in upstate 0ew 4ork and that these friends surely have many friends who also live in upstate 0ew 4ork and who knows, maybe one of those friends is actually onFfacebook right now driving by this very car. After such thoughts, 1 posted the status alert on my page. A short time later, another friend of mine informed me that it was a hoa" and there was no Amber Alert for a three year old girl abducted in !shwa 0ew 4ork and 1 took it down. hould social networking sites be used in situations like child abduction or is the risk of abuse to great. !n the one hand, if there had been an abduction Facebook could have gotten the information out to hundreds or maybe thousands of drivers who could have helped find the abducted child. !n the other hand, encouraging Facebook Amerber alerts could also give a dangerous weapon to anyone with a grudge. After thinking about it, 1 have concluded that the benefits outweigh the downsides but 1 could be convinced the other way as well. 'houghts. Advantages and Disadvantages Social Networking /hat are the advantages and disadvantages of using ocial 0etworking to market your brand. Advantages ocial 0etworking is a powerful medium to reach many new potential clients

1t will give potential clients a personal interface ocial networking can be great for boosting your websites earch 2ngine #ankings )aintain contact with e"isting clients and keep them updated on new development or products. At a subconscious level, repeated e"posure to your brand builds confidence in it. Disadvantages 'his will re(uire a lot of work. 4ou have little or no control over what people say about your product or brand, but this is true whether or not you get involved. 5eople in ocial networks will e"pect personal interaction to a degree, and not *ust corporate *argon. eneral Advice -onAt spread yourself too thin, tart with a blog, a twitter account and maybe a facbook page. )ost web users hate spam, so you will need to provide interesting and useful original content and information.

Sell! "ustiawati Crime via Facebook =urrently there is crime everywhere. And people can do criminality through any media. 1f you are one of those who currently cra6y with the social networking site called Facebook, there is nothing wrong for you to be careful. Because currently Facebook is also used for crime purposes by some people. elly 4ustiawati, a pretty liar who always escape since @BBC, was put on Facebook to find new prey. At first, elly always in and out of a company. 7er target is employees, she pretend to offering some business as such sell cheap pulse or she said that she need some money urgently. /ith good persuasion and a pretty face, those employees trusted on her. ince deceive 9ran )ahakam 7otel and :ompas 9ramedia employees during @BBD, it has not known again how many others company that defrauded by elly. 1 don't know why do some people in the Facebook social networking so easy to trust her . 1t said, she deluded hundreds of victims since + years ago. 1t could not calculate how many hundred million rupiahs of money she got successfully. But she always escaped from the police. -o you remember the movie '=atch )e 1f 4ou =an' which starred by Leonardo de =aprio . 1t seems like that. elly's like a real actor. /ith a fle"ible style, cheerful and outgoing, she can enter an institution as such campus, corporate, company and others organi6ations with a variety of positions. 'o prove 'how popular she is', you can try to search in the search engine, the name of this beautiful woman. 4ou will easily find various articles that reveal her deception. Facebook is a crime 1Am a very 0ew )edia guy. 1 have a website, a blog and a 4ou'ube and even 'witter page. 1 have one of the latest 5-A phones and two i5ods. 1 produce and direct digital films. And 1 have been an 1' *ournalist for the past nine years. But somehow or rather, 1 had never subscribed to an online networking site. <ntil, of course, Facebook came along. Friendster never appealed to me. )y pace *ust flew past my head. But Facebook had a magical effect on me. 1t was as if ofea ,aneAs pot of rice from the movie 35erempuan, 1steri dan... 3 appeared on the monitor of my notebook. 1 canAt e"plain why but 1 signed up and was immediately poking people 1 did not know. Facebook was wonderful. 1 added everyone 1 knew who had a Facebook account. 1 would sit in front of the computer, type out a message to a friend on Facebook, call that person to check if the message arrived, then giggle like a teenage schoolgirl. Facebook is also useful to search for long lost friends. 1Ave gotten back in touch with so many primary school friends. 1Am now regularly poking )arimuthu, the fat bully who used to hit me on the head every day with his ruler when 1 was in tandard 'wo. 7eck, we even send each other gifts of heart-shaped chocolates online these daysE 1 was addicted. 1 was hooked. )y 3friends3 list grew and grew. 1 stopped re(uesting for friends. 1nstead, others were re(uesting to be my friend. 1t came to a point where 1 had more friends 1 didnAt know than friends 1 actually did know. 'he amount of pokes and se" surveys 1 got daily was getting out of hand and 1 was beginning to feel a bit dirty. 'he last straw had to be when 1 saw local politicians having Facebook profiles. 1t started with all the !pposition members and then, of course, the ruling party followed suit. 'hey even re(uested me to be their friendE 1 wondered if it was really them on the other side. 1 donAt think Anwar 1brahim would want to come to my birthday party if 1 invited him Fthrough Facebook, of courseEG, right. 'oday, all the applications that were in my Facebook profile are all gone Fespecially the one that says 1 would most likely be 5hoebe if 1 were to be cast in F#120- EG. 'he ga6illion friends whom 1 donAt know are still there though. 1 rarely use Facebook for staying in touch with people 1 know anymore. Facebook to me now is mainly a business tool. ay for e"ample, if 1 have a new film coming out, 1 would spam everyone on my list to let them know. 1 would also post clips of my films. o Facebook has become some sort of a marketing and publicity strategy for me, which is kind of cool too if you think about it. 1 guess 1Ave become *ust like those local politicians. 'he only difference is, 1 have to do it myself since 1 donAt have that much money to hire someone to manage my Facebook profile for me. But you never know. )aybe that really is :hairy ,amaluddin poking you every day.