Facebook Debt Collector Stop. Now. Ordered By Judge

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Judge to Facebook Debt Collector: Stop. Now.

mashable.com
by Charlie White
April 20, 2011
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Debt collector stalking you on Facebook? Melanie Beacham says it’s harassment and took debt collector MarkOne Financial to court, trying to get the company to stop sending her Facebook messages about the debt she owed. The company also allegedly sent such messages to everyone else on her Facebook friends list.
Behind on her car payments, Beacham started receiving as many as 23 calls per day from MarkOne Financial before it found her on Facebook, according to the Orlando Sentinel. A Florida judge put a stop to the phone calls and online messages in a preliminary ruling, barring the debt collector from calling her, or from contacting her, anyone in her family or any of her Facebook friends.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, this is the first court decision of its kind, and it could strike fear in the hearts of debt collectors everywhere, who are eager to use any legal means necessary to get that money back.
Beacham’s attorney is Billy Howard, who’s in charge of the consumer protection department at personal-injury law firm Morgan and Morgan, a well-heeled outfit that includes big names such as former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. We’re guessing the firm is taking care of the expenses of this high-profile lawsuit.

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