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| National
Fraud Information Center |
http://www.fraud.org |
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Tips on
Telephone Service Scams
There are many different kinds of scams that involve
telephone services.Here are some to watch out for:
slamming, being crammed, toll fraud, prepaid phone card
issues, dial-around access number concerns, payphone
rates, 800 numbers and toll charges, 900 numbers &
services, unsuspecting international calls, fraudulent
computer generated calls.
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| Ars
Technica |
http://arstechnica.com |
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Kent State bans
student athletes from Facebook
Kent State University has elected to ban its student
athletes from placing profiles on Facebook.com. Reasons
given range from concern over the safety of the
athletes, who can be easily stalked using the personal
information often found on Facebook profiles, to concern
over the image of the university, given some of the info
students choose to share in what amounts to a very
public forum.
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| ASU Web
Devil |
http://www.BeCareful.com |
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Special report:
Networking
sites present special danger for students
"What many people don't realize is that information
posted online can lead to real world problems. Stalkers
and identity thieves often find their victims online,
parents can check up on what their children are doing,
employers can find unexpected information about job
applicants and authorities can use information to
bolster a case against a suspect."
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CampusSafetyMagazine.com |
http://www.campussafetymagazine.com |
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Virtual Fun with Real-World Consequences
"While these social networking Web sites provide an easy way for
people to remain in touch over great distance, there is a potential
for criminal abuse. The majority of users are oblivious to the fact
that by posting so much personal data, they are placing themselves
at risk. Merely requiring a user to provide an E-mail address is not
an effective screening function as there are innumerable domains
providing free E-mails."
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| Texas
Woman's University |
http://www.twu.edu |
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Safety on Communal
Websites
"Communal websites (e.g. MySpace, Facebook, Xenga, etc.)
offer the attraction of being able to communicate with
an ever-growing circle of friends and acquaintances. At
the same time, they offer more opportunities for others
to have and use information about you in a way you had
not predicted or wished."
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| Federal
Bureau of Investigation |
http://www.fbi.gov |
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On-Line Caution
"Even if you don't subscribe to an on-line service or
Internet service, your child may meet an offender while
on-line at a friend's house or the library. Most
computers come preloaded with on-line and/or Internet
software."
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| MSN Tech &
Gadgets |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com |
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Marines looking for a few good MySpace pals
Corps sets up profile on social networking Web site
in bid for recruits
"The Marine Corps MySpace profile — featuring streaming
video of barking drill sergeants, fresh recruits
enduring boot camp and Marines storming beaches —
underscores the growing importance of the Internet to
advertisers as a medium for reaching America’s youth."
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| Ask Bob
Rankin |
http://www.askbobrankin.com |
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Myspace Safety
TipsCategory: Social Networking
"But even the police agree that the problem isn't
necessarily Myspace, but how people use it. Detective
Jay Barnes of Albuquerque's child exploitation unit
says, "There are people who are out there shopping for
someone to victimize. You put yourself in danger when
you put your information out there, no matter what site
it is. It's just like going into dark places at night."
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| MSN NBC |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com |
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Teen arrested after
showing handguns on blog "16-year-old held on 3
misdemeanors after photos on MySpace.com site allegedly
showed him holding handguns, authorities said."
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| The Daily
Princetonian.com |
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com |
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Who's reading your
Facebook?
Website reveals
students' personal lives to recruiters, police
When it comes to Facebook,
what happens on the Internet doesn't necessarily stay on
the Internet.
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| The
Linfield Review Online Edition |
http://www.linfield.edu |
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Alcohol, Facebook and You: Facebook used as school
policy enforcement tool across the U.S.
"The list goes on and on and includes students who have
been expelled, suspended and fined at universities from
Southern California to Dartmouth because of Facebook
photos."
"In addition to investigating students’ photos, campuses
are looking at profiles and comments to ensure conduct
codes are being followed. Prospective employers are also
getting in on the act, researching applicants through
their Facebook profiles."
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| USA Today |
www.usatoday.com |
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How to monitor the kids from online
social perils?
"Kids are very savvy about the technology," says Don
Tapscott, author of Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the
Net Generation. "But I'm not sure they totally
understand the implications of a billion people being
able to see them doing whatever is posted."
"Students are being suspended and expelled; police have
arresting men for assaulting teens they meet on sites,
including MySpace."
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| USA Today |
www.usatoday.com |
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What you say online could haunt you
"As more and more students turn to websites such as
Facebook and MySpace to chronicle their lives and
socialize with friends, they also are learning that
their words and pictures are reaching way beyond the
peers for whom they were intended. And some, like Guinn,
are paying a price. In the past few months, college,
high school and even middle school students across the
USA have been suspended or expelled, thrown off athletic
teams, passed over for jobs and even arrested based on
their online postings."
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| Wired
Safety |
http://www.wiredsafety.org/ |
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Keeping Kids and Teens Safe on MySpace, Facebook, and
other Networking Sites
"WiredSafety provides help, information and education to
Internet and mobile device users of all ages. We handle
cases of cyberabuse ranging from identity and credential
theft, online fraud and cyberstalking, to hacking and
malicious code attacks."
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