Here is just another reason why it is not a good idea to litter the web with your personal information - intentionally or otherwise.
It is amazing how the bits of information available here and there on the web makes it easy for someone’s identity to be compromised. Social networking sites like facebook, myspace and the likes make it way too easy for the identity thieves to gather as much information as they like from the individual’s profile, especially the unsuspecting who think what harm could there possibly be in posting their pictures from times immemorial to mentioning about their likes, dislikes, favorite movie and what not!
Have a think about the secret questions to your bank account, especially if one of them is the pet name mentioned on your orkut profile.