Facebook scam leads Missouri woman to think her friend is in trouble, wire money to England

September 2nd, 2009 Facebook scam leads Mo. woman to wire $4K abroadST.

June 30th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A 28-year-old woman lost RM19,000 after her cyber 'lover' tricked her into parting with her savings to help him start a business. She had thought that the cyber love affair was genuine after the stranger, purportedly from Ireland, popped the question.

August 14th, 2009 LONDON - A woman lost her job after abusing her boss on Facebook - forgetting that they were friends on the networking website. The woman named "Lindsay" updated her Facebook status with "OMG [oh my God] I HATE MY JOB!!" and went on to accuse her boss of being "pervvy" (sic) and complained that she was forced to do "**** stuff".

August 13th, 2009 Who's that girl? Facebook entries stir jealousyALBANY, N.Y. — Alice Connors-Kellgren was surprised by her boyfriend's new Facebook profile picture a few weeks ago: He was kissing another girl on the cheek.

September 10th, 2009 Facebook to let users tag friends in status postsNEW YORK — Facebook will soon let users "tag" their friends in their posts, similar to how they already can with photos. Product manager Andrew Huang said the status tags — coming over the next several weeks — are "all about engagement." He said Facebook wants to let users reference their real-world connections in their status posts.

October 7th, 2009 Agents arrest dozens for theft scheme in US, EgyptLOS ANGELES — Authorities said Wednesday they have arrested 33 people in breaking up a crime ring in the U.S. and Egypt in which an elaborate "phishing" scam bilked bank customers out of at least $1 million.

September 15th, 2009 Facebook says it's bringing in more than it spendsSAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it is now bringing in more money than it is spending. The social networking site had previously said it expected to achieve this goal sometime next year.

January 18th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maytas Infra, the infrastructure company linked to scam-tainted Satyam Computer Services, has lost a contract from Vedanta Alumina to develop an integrated township in Orissa, Vedanta said here Monday. 'We have terminated the contract.

March 7th, 2009 TORONTO - After the Gandhi memorabilia, love letters written by Prince Charles to a Canadian woman 30 years ago are now on sale. Up on eBay, the six love letters open their auction with a minimum bid of $30,000.

August 25th, 2009 LONDON - A teenaged girl has been reunited with her parents and 15 brothers and sisters, thanks to popular social networking website Facebook. Sophie Featherstone was devastated after the demise of her beloved grandmother Pat, who raised her.

September 15th, 2009 Facebook says it passed key financial milestoneSAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. said Tuesday it achieved an important financial milestone, bringing in more money than it spent in the last quarter.

May 15th, 2009 LONDON - In the latest phishing scam to hit Facebook, almost 200 million users of the social networking site are at the risk of being robbed of their passwords. A Facebook spokesman has said that Internet fraudsters have stolen the passwords of a number of members in a successful attack on May 14.

June 25th, 2009 Facebook testing new control for shielding updates PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook is testing new privacy controls that will allow the online hangout's roughly 200 million users to decide who should see each of their personal updates.

September 3rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - As part of a controversial scheme to expose users to online marketing, an Aussie company called uSocial is offering to sell off Facebook friends by the thousands. The Brisbane-based company is best known for buying votes on social news service Digg, selling followers on Twitter, and running large marketing campaigns on social media.

August 11th, 2009 MC Hammer's cousin appears in court on rape chargePLEASANTON, Calif. —The cousin of rapper MC Hammer has been charged in California with raping a 40-year-old woman he met through an online social networking site.