A new survey conducted by Harris Interactive found that nearly 13 million Americans are prone to identity theft because of their willingness to accept friend requests from strangers of the opposite sex on social networking sites. 18 percent of men and 7 percent of women said they'd accept friend request from member of opposite sex they didn't know; they were not too worried about identity theft.
Most said they did not believe their personal information was safe on the internet, but they did not connect it to identify theft. The respondents admitted to leaving their information section 'mostly public'-something that makes identity theft easier. Identity theft criminals can use the personal information section to build dossiers and use them to beat challenge questions.
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