The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police has appealed to all users of social networking site, especially Facebook, to be cautious when posting personal information on the internet. The warning of the supreme investigating agency of the law enforcement agency comes in the wake of growing incidents of fraudulent and other criminal activities involving social media. A 20-year-old woman, who was killed after being thrown off the sixth floor of an apartment building in Lazimpat by a criminal gang on February 20, had met the murder suspects via Facebook. SP Tarini Prasad Lamsal warned that cybercriminals could spread malicious links to many people and cheat them with a phoney account showing themselves as genuine and moneyed persons. Police arrested Bishnu Kumar Tamang aka Amit and Jivan (27) of Nuwakot for swindling over a dozen women of more than Rs 10 million collectively with the promise of marrying or taking them to America posing as US Army officers. The Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu nabbed Tamang from Samakhusi after it received complaints against him. “Facebook and other social networking sites are an easy way for frauds and scammers to reach networks of people. You should not accept the friend request of a person who you do not recognise,” suggested SP Lamsal.@thehimalayantimes
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