Protect yourself from identity theft by being careful about what application you approve on your facebook page,
It's a rip-off
If we are gonna admit it, checking out if your page has been viewed by an ex-partner or your college sweet-heart sound exciting - at least it would be for me...
This is exactly what these advertisements on social networking sites say, plus they appear on your wall as if it has been sent to you by your friends - bad news is that it is a fake, not real .
What is the truth
"Facebook does not have that sort of function (at least not for now) nor do they allow such application", according to Simon Axten, a company spokesman. Trying to download and use those so-called applications and you would be potentially exposing information like email address, physical address and photos and everything about your account to scammers.
What can we do to protect ourselves
Do not click on those application whenever you come across them, never think that you'd be able to know people that have rejected your friend requests as some of these apps claim. Facebook has promised to remove some of these links in the future and in case you are in doubt
or come across any of these apps contact Facebook (facebook.com/help).
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