The C2M Interactivity Blog

You may think that your facebook account is benign.  You don’t spend any money there and it’s not like criminals can gain access to your PIN number.  However, criminals deem these accounts to be very valuable. Criminals steal log-in data for Facebook accounts, typically with “phishing” techniques that tricks users into disclosing their passwords or with malware that logs keystrokes. They then use the accounts to send spam, distribute malicious programs and run identity and other fraud.

Facebook accounts are attractive because of the higher level of trust on the site than exists in the broader Internet. People are required to use their real names and tend to connect primarily with people they know.