ABCNews.com posted an interesting story on how identity thieves are mining social networking sites to steal victims’ personal information.

Lisa Lockwood, a parent in Baltimore, received a phone call from a car dealership, saying that her 17-year old son had applied for a car loan. To make a long story short, her son had not filled out any such application. Rather, one of the games he was playing on his Facebook page offered extra points in exchange for filling out an application that asked for a Social Security number. He provided the information, filling out a total of seven loan applications.

Facebook says while they do allow games to be downloaded from its site, the games must be approved and meet its guidelines. The company is investigating this report.