Facebook Friends Fronting Debt Collectors Draw U.S. Regulation

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By Carter Dougherty - Jan 24, 2013
Kathryn Haralson had already fielded calls from debt collectors at her home and work. They even phoned her daughter at college.

So when Haralson, 47, logged into her Facebook account one day, she was surprised by an unwelcome inbox message: a request to call “Mr. Rice” about her debt.

“It’s not like they needed to go on Facebook to find me,” Haralson said. “I was in contact with them all the time. That crossed the line.”

Federal regulators could wind up agreeing with Haralson as the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission weigh new restrictions on how debt collectors may use social media websites like those run by Facebook Inc. (FB) and Twitter Inc. to contact potential debtors.

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1. Debt collectors are the lowest form of life

I'm not Pro-Deadbeat, but the lengths they often go to are shameful and disgusting.