We No Like! Are People Impersonating You On Facebook?

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — On facebook, you tell people where you work, live, play and ... who you date. Or if you're single, where you went to college and where you like to eat and what your hobbies are.

If someone is looking to impersonate you, you could be potentially handing them the blueprint to your life and make it easy for them to cyberstalk you...or worse.

Connecting with old friends, family and work colleagues and schoolmates is part of the charm of social networking. But what about the downside?

Kelly Quigley is a mom and no fan of social networks. Last year, this protective mom found out that someone created a profile, using her daughter's image and posted comments she never made. And her daughter is 12.

Symantec, an Internet security firm, wants to rid the net of all hackers and cyberstalkers. But even they admit...it's not easy to get rid of the fakes and phonies.

California Senator Joe Simitian introduced a bill that would make creating phony profiles a crime. As of January this year, anyone caught pretending to be someone else ...with the intent to do harm or defraud...faces a $1,000 fine, civil penalties and jail time.

Experts offer some advice on how to avoid someone faking you out.

• Set up an automated alert with a search engine. You'll know when someone creates a new account in your name.

• Do a search manually. Put in your name and see what comes up.

• Use your privacy settings to the best of your ability. Limit the opportunity for others to compromise your privacy.

Click here for more information about California Senator Joe Simitian.