STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL MEDIA FRAUD PROBLEM & SOLUTION (DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE AWARENESS AND REPORTING PORTAL)

Social media internet fraud takes a number of forms with perpetrators currently relying on telemarketing, emails, and presenting themselves personally to unsuspecting people met in online chat rooms or social networks. The study was carried out to examine the Student Participation in Social Media Fraud; Problem and Solutions. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out to determine whether students participate in social media fraud, ascertain the impact of social media fraud engagement on the academic of the students and determine the consequences of students’ participation is social media fraud. This project work is primarily designed to give an insight to Fraud awareness and reporting portal, where victims can report fraud, engage in community discussion and get alert on newest scam within their community. The project will be built using HTML, CSS, PHP and MYSQL. It is as a result of the problem associated with social media fraud. This study will help the victims on social media make better decision as regards their online presence and the kind of information, they disseminate on the social media. Based on the findings, the students should invest their time wisely and concentrate more on their studies rather than spend their precious time on social media platforms for non-beneficial engagement and parents should check regularly on their teenage children’s activities on social media so as to curb their excesses.