Sophos has posted a blog entry about an identity theft experiment that was made by BBC.

It involves the the social networking site, Facebook. BBC set up a fake user named “Amba Friend” and they contacted 100 random people. The objective was to learn how many of those people will accept invitation from a total stranger.

They found that home addresses and dates of birth were given by some people who accepted their invitation. This can lead to identity theft.

Sophos mentioned that they made a similar experiment in August.

Source: Sophos