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Facebook: A Story of Betrayal

Submitted by J Boogie [TLL] on Friday, 8 May 2009Comments

heidi-trickedIf you owe debt and have been nagged by collection calls, AND you have a facebook page, then give this a read. According to The Consumerist, debt collectors are using images of cute chicks on facebook as bait to lure you to add them as a friend, and then upon adding them, they begin the James Bond-ian task of gathering all your information up for the collection agency’s use.  As to the veracity of this claim, I have no idea. But I don’t put it past collection agencies to resort to such tactics. When you owe money, the people who loaned you that scratch don’t forget. So what is today’s lesson? Just don’t be an idiot and start adding people you don’t know, especially if a female who is admittedly much more attractive than you attempts to add you out of the blue. Honestly, did you really think that your facebook picture would be enough to start pulling random females online? As Johnny Drama says, ” Slow down. We haven’t seen the underbelly yet. There’s always an underbelly.”  So the next time you see that magical “+1 New Friend Request” in the top corner of your facebook page, think twice before adding the mysterious  cute girl. She’s either really a man, or a collection agency spy.

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  • silkay johnsten
    That is the talentless broad from the hills or whatever. Silkay Johnsten says what he always says. They's hoes and will always be.
  • Wait so that isn't really Jenna Jameson? No way. It has to be, there's a picture of her.
  • Maduck
    note to self: not nearly as attractive as i thought...all these hot chicks wanted to be my friend and now i know why...on a serious note to all: check out a I believe newsweek article (can't track it down off the top of my head), that addresses Spain and their debt collectors and the use of public humiliation...though it doesn't appear American debt collectors are doing this in the United States (yet), it will be interesting to see if U.S. debt collectors attempt to "friend" people then add comments on their wall saying that they owe money)...
  • Considering the amount of money lawyers owe to their lenders, it wouldn't even matter if a collector started posting comments about me. Everyone who knows me knows I IZ BROKE. Unemployment has its severe DISadvantages as well (a reality check on my prior post, "On The Fringe: Look At the Bright Side")
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