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(CNN) -- (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.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
The FBI reports nearly 3,200 account hijacking cases since 2006
Online scam losses amounting to $264.6 million reported in 2008
Facebook has automated systems that detect compromised accounts
MySpace.com creates blacklists of phony accounts
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