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Number 1 - US fugitive busted via Facebook

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If you're going on the run from the law, it's generally best to lay low and keep your mouth shut. It's a golden rule one US fugitive would have done well to remember when he decided to boast on his Facebook profile about his new life in Mexico.

Maxi Sopo, wanted by US police for bank fraud charges, led detectives right to him after adding status updates from Cancun declaring his new home to be like 'living in paradise'. Their job was made even easier when it emerged that Sopo had unwittingly added a former Justice Department official to his list of friends.

Number 2 - Bungling burglar

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We're no experts at the grubby art of burglary, but we'd imagine one of the most important things - should you want to get away with it - is to make a clean getaway. You know, try to avoid leaving behind really obvious clues, that kind of thing.

Logging onto your Facebook page midway through robbing a house, for instance, would be fairly high on our list of definite no-nos. Unfortunately for 19-year-old Jonathan Parker from Pennsylvania, that was a thought that, it seems, did not occur.

Police said Parker not only booted up his Facebook page while looting a neighbour's house but also forgot to log out, something which rather invevitably led to his court appearance last month on burglary charges.

Number 3 - Call Facebook in emergency

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When two Australian girls aged just 10 and 12 found themselves trapped in a storm drain last month, they must have been understandably frightened. But does that explain their bizarre decision to update their Facebook status to ask for help rather than call emergency services?

Fireman Glenn Benham didn't think so, telling ABC News he was baffled why the girls should turn to social networking rather than dial Aussie emergency services number 000.

"If they were able to access Facebook from their mobile phones, they could have called 000," said Benham. "The point being they could have called us directly and we could have got there quicker than relying on someone being online and replying to them and eventually having to call us via 000 anyway."

Number 4 - Playing the lying down game

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Here's perfect proof that what might seem funny at the time is suddenly not so humorous once your boss sees it. Seven accident and emergency staff from the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, Wiltshire, found themselves suspended pending disciplinary hearings after they allegedly played the 'lying down game' and posted the pictures on Facebook.

Said game involves being photographed lying down in unusual locations, with the doctors and nurses said to have photographed themselves lying on resuscitation trolleys, ward floors and a helipad. Word spread as far as their bosses at the hospital, who took a rather dim view of the entire episode.

Number 5 - Footballer gives the game away

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Former Crystal Palace footballer Ashley-Paul Robinson told the 2.7 million users in his London network about his trial with a rival club with an indiscreet status message: "Ashley-Paul is goin fulham on monday. If i pull dis off im on dis ting". He later realised his mistake, updating his status with: "Ashley-Paul has been very naughty lol!"

A Palace source told the Guardian: "It's pretty embarrassing for the club that this guy is telling the world he's looking to leave the club. Perhaps someone should tell him to be a bit more private about what he's putting on the internet."

Unfortunately for Robinson, he was offered a contract by neither Fulham nor Palace, and found himself dropping down the leagues until signing for his current club, Conference South outfit Bromley.

Number 6 - Skiving employee fingered on Facebook

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Australian call centre worker Kyle Doyle became a minor web celebrity after being caught out skiving off work via Facebook. Doyle had claimed to be unable to come to work on a day when his Facebook status announced he was pulling a sickie. When challenged to prove the sick leave was not genuine, his boss produced a screenshot of Doyle's Facebook profile.

Number 7 - Facebook juror dismissed

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Late last year, a juror was dismissed from a UK trial after sharing details of the case on her Facebook profile. Apparently unable to decide upon the guilt or innocence of defendants in a child abduction and assault case, she made the obvious decision to request the help of her friends and family via the social networking site.

"I don't know which way to go, so I'm holding a poll," the erstwhile juror wrote. She was swiftly removed from the jury, following an anonymous tip-off to court officials.

Number 8 - Happy splasher Facebooked

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A female motorist put herself in line for possible prosecution after she was filmed drenching children at a bus stop by driving through a puddle. Video taken inside the car was posted on Facebook and YouTube, where it soon came to the attention of the distinctly unimpressed police, who said the motorist could face charges. Still, at least she can console herself with the creation of a new buzzword: happy splashing.

Number 9 - Football fan falls for Facebook prank

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Stuart Slann of Sheffield drove 400 miles to meet 'Emma', who he met on Facebook, only to find the woman of his dreams had been created by two rival football fans he met on holiday. Slann, 39, said he received 300 mocking e-mails a day since the hoaxers posted details of their scam on YouTube and Facebook. He told the Sheffield Star at the time: "It's gone way, way beyond a prank. My life is a nightmare at the moment".

Number 10 - Unwise insult

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A young woman found herself looking for a new job after adding an insulting post about her boss to her Facebook profile. Perhaps this may have escaped her employer's attention but, sadly for this new jobseeker, she had already added him to her friends list.

The worker, known only as Lindsay, posted the provocative Facebook status update: "OMG I HATE MY JOB!! My boss is a total pervy w****r, always making me do s**t stuff just to p**s me off!! W****r!"

We can only imagine how her heart must have sunk a few hours later when boss 'Brian' added a response, beginning: "Hi Lindsay, I guess you forgot about adding me on here?" After reminding her that her trial period at the company was not yet complete, Brian offered Lindsay her P45.


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N00bs! The lot of them.

lmao thanks for these mate.

This is why FACEBOOK FAILS.....

Yup, its funny to hear about these things though.

Can't belive some people are that dumb xD
Thanks for sharing

lol the lying down game is awesome xD

last one is fail lol

Hahah athanks for these

Haha that happened to me sorta when I sorta skived off school lol