(CNN) -- If you're on Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking site, you could be the next victim. Experts say cybercrooks are lurking just a mouse click away on popular social networking sites. That's because more cyberthieves are targeting increasingly popular social networking sites that provide a gold mine of personal information, according to the FBI. Since 2006, nearly 3,200 account hijacking cases have been reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership between the FBI, the National White Collar Crime Center and the Bureau of Justice Assistance. It starts with a friend updating his or her status or sending you a message with an innocent link or video. Maybe your friend is in distress abroad and needs some help.
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The FBI reports nearly 3,200 account hijacking cases since 2006
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Online scam losses amounting to $264.6 million reported in 2008
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Facebook has automated systems that detect compromised accounts
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MySpace.com creates blacklists of phony accounts
From February 2008 to February 2009, @placeholder, a micro-blogging site where users post 140-character messages known as tweets, grew 1,382 percent to more than 7 million users.
Personal information is abundant on sites like @placeholder and MySpace.