Facebook video

In this video about fraud on Facebook, a woman received urgent messages from her cousin's Facebook account requesting several thousands of dollars. The woman says she was concerned so, without a second thought she began wiring money to her supposed cousin who was stranded in a foreign country. Personally, if I was in this situation, I would call my cousin to discuss it instead of sending messages about something so important through Facebook. As with pretty much any information you get from the internet, you have to ask questions and be skeptical if you want to avoid getting ripped off. To me, the lady in the video seemed overly niave about the dangers of identity theft and fraud on the internet- especially through social networking sites. I don't think it is necessarily Facebook's job to mediate criminal activity because the majority of Facebook's users are over the age of 18 therefore, just like in the real world they should remain aware and alert. Fraud can happen anywhere, even on Facebook or Myspace. This video should not come as a shock to anyone, in my opinion.