Cynthia Hetherington

HetheringtonGroup.com

Effectively Using Social

Networks and Social Media in

Fraud Examinations

Investigating the Social Network Environment

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Going Beyond Google

Web 2.0 resources to broaden your searches:

Alt

Archive

Bebo

Blogs

Cuil

Delver

eBay

Facebook

Feedfinder

Flickr

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Going Beyond Google

Web 2.0 resources to broaden your searches:

Friendwise

GuideStar

Hi5

Icerocket

Imeem

Kiwipulse

LinkedIn

Lococitato

Match

MySpace

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Going Beyond Google

Web 2.0 resources to broaden your searches:

Orkut

Spoke

Spokeo

Technorati

Twitter

Xanga

YoName

YouTube

Zoominfo

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MySpace Hits

Navigant Consulting had 76 hits

Aon Consulting had 116 hits

Deloitte had 5,730 hits

Please note, many hits are from job listings.

But not all!

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Arn Is an Accountant

Major: Accounting/Finance

Clubs: Courses in: intermediate accounting,

auditing, cost accounting, federal taxation

(individual & corporate), government &

nonprofit accounting, information

systems/telecommunications, financial

management, preventing/detecting financial

fraud

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Arn’s Employers

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Map him to find out his connections

Lococitato.com

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U.S. Source

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Canadian Source

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Technorati.com

Try searching “hate my job”

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Flickr.com

Try searching “at work” or for your company!

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