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Federal agents are friending on Facebook, making profiles on MySpace, linking into LinkedIn, and tweeting on Twitter these days.
The social networking sites are helping the FBI net the bad guys.
"I actually have several different MySpace and Facebook accounts -- ones I personally use and ones that I use for work," explained San Diego-based FBI Special Agent Dan Evans. He is a member of the cyber squad, and he routinely goes undercover in the online world with phoney profiles. "I've used all different types of names and different types of pictures. You have to be creative," he said.
Evans said agents log on to look at criminals' pictures, videos, notes and to target their contacts. He said it is a creative and fairly new technique for agents to track criminals.
"Surprisingly enough, they will post things on MySpace and Facebook that will give their exact locations, contact information and what else they are into," Evans said.
Agents say they also often use the social networking sites to investigate suspects in crimes against children.
The social networking sites are helping the FBI net the bad guys.
"I actually have several different MySpace and Facebook accounts -- ones I personally use and ones that I use for work," explained San Diego-based FBI Special Agent Dan Evans. He is a member of the cyber squad, and he routinely goes undercover in the online world with phoney profiles. "I've used all different types of names and different types of pictures. You have to be creative," he said.
Evans said agents log on to look at criminals' pictures, videos, notes and to target their contacts. He said it is a creative and fairly new technique for agents to track criminals.
"Surprisingly enough, they will post things on MySpace and Facebook that will give their exact locations, contact information and what else they are into," Evans said.
Agents say they also often use the social networking sites to investigate suspects in crimes against children.
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