U.K.’s Office of Fair Trading now officially prohibits debt collectors from contacting borrowers’ friends, followers or other contacts via Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking site.
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U.K.’s OFT Stops Debt Collectors from Contacting Facebook, Twitter Contacts
October 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Debt Collection
Tags: debt·Debt Collection·debt collectors·facebook·Office of Fair Trade·OFT·social networking·Twitter·U.K.·U.S.
Don’t be a Victim of Identity Theft From Facebook Use
March 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Identity Theft
Has anyone out there has ever heard of Facebook? I thought so (laughing). Given that Facebook has surged past Yahoo as the number two most popular web site in the United States, it stands to reason that at least a few of our readers were included in the 134 million unique visitors to the site in January [...]
Tags: facebook·facebook identity theft tips·facebook privacy tips·facebook scams·Identity Theft·online scams·social networking·social networking safety
Facecard Pre-paid Card Teams Up With Facebook
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Banking, Credit Cards
For those that are unfamiliar with Facecard, likely you won’t be for long, thanks to the name recognition provided by Facebook, the popular social media network. Facecard is a pre-paid card issued by MetaBank, who launched the program in May of 2008 as an alternative to debit and credit cards. Can you say “marketing genius”? [...]
Tags: facebook·facecard·pre-paid cards·pre-paid mastercard·prepaid debit cards·student cards
Is Your Newest Facebook Friend a Debt Collector?
June 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Consumer Debt
Ya gotta admire the genius of this, though the tactics are pretty underhanded and scummy. Just when you think you’re seen all the tricks of the trade, debt collectors come up with a new way to find debtors they say owe them money. The latest: debt collectors create a Facebook profile, use a picture of [...]
Tags: debt collectors·facebook·facebook profile·friend·Identity Theft·information·Privacy·spammers·viruses
