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Why you may not want to put too much information on your MySpace page....

Is 'Friending' in Your Future? Better Pay Your Taxes First
(WSJ) - State revenue agents have begun nabbing scofflaws by mining information posted on social-networking Web sites, from relocation announcements to professional profiles to financial boasts.In Minnesota, authorities were able to levy back taxes on the wages of a long-sought tax evader after he announced on MySpace that he would be returning to his home town to work as a real-estate broker and gave his employer's name.

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Hey

I used to put my details on like emails and then I used to get loads of spammy emails. I can only think of FB where they could have got my email address from really.

IRS

so how do they figure out who the usernames belong too. Do they force the site owners to hand over the data?

Hey

Ha ha how low will they go, I never put too much information on my social networking site for security reasons.

Yes, you're right...you

Yes, you're right...you really have to be carefully with personal information on social networking. Too much teens don't think about the danger in the world wide web! Parents really have to take care!!!

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Thanks, your website is very helpful

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Hi, Your blog is really nice.

(WSJ) - State revenue agents

(WSJ) - State revenue agents have begun nabbing scofflaws by mining information posted on social-networking Web sites, from relocation announcements to professional profiles to financial boasts. : thanks a lot

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