Earlier this month I wrote about a man whose wedding plans fell short as a result of one short-sighted decision and his lack of knowledge of the power behind social networking sites: ‘Facebook Ruins Wedding’
Well, it appears that stupidity has triumphed once again on Facebook.
35 year old Claire Harborne had harbored the master plan during these tough economic times. Being a single mother, Harborne had received approximately £6,519 in housing benefits from authorities. The only problem with that was the fact that Harborne was living with her 8 year old daughter and her loving HUSBAND!
So, how did this master plan fall to shreds? The woman, or the “village idiot” as she refers to herself on her profile page, boasted about the fact that she was happily married on her Facebook page!
Seriously? If there’s one thing that criminals should know, it is that one should never post anything personal on a social networking site with the intent of keeping it private. Once it has been posted, it’s there to stay and open for the rest of the world to see.
News Article: 'Single' mother's £6,500 benefits con exposed after she announced marriage on Facebook and Friends Reunited
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That's great heads-up advice. You would think by now with all the talk shows, Dr Phil, Oprah, The View discussing social site disasters because people posted information that could cause them harm, that folks would get. I guess not.
Crazy! Fun to read. Thanks for posting!
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My son-in-law is in Human Resources and he had one employee with a record of "habitual" absenteeism on a fairly set pattern.
My daughter has an account with facebook and one day out of curiosity she logged in and looked up the "culprit." Low and behold guess who was there bragging about his "other" job where he was getting paid PLUS being paid "sick time" from my son-in-law.
He took great delight in telling everybody about his perfect plan and making great money from two employers.
Last laugh was when my son-in-law pulled him into the office and questioned which company he wanted to stay with. Before an answer was given my son-in-law did it for him and now the guy is making one income and half the money he made working with my son-in-law.
Thanks for reminding me of this. Sometimes I seem to forget or maybe just think I'm invincible... but I really don't post anything that I would be ashamed of... so I guess no hard no foul.
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