Do You Facebook?!
Sam Debord brings us an interesting post that involves one of the most visited websites in the world…Facebook. A couple in Australia defaulted on their mortgage. Presumable they were playing hide and seek with the bank because the bank couldn’t find them … The bank was trying to serve them foreclosure papers. Some industrious little Ninja from the bank took a gander at Facebook…low and behold guess who they found? Yep…the sellers! The sellers were served their papers over Facebook! According to Mr. Debord, Australian courts upheld the process!
Don’t “Like”: Couple Receives Foreclosure Notice on Facebook
Another reminder that your public Facebook profile is being viewed by more than just your friends:
A couple in Australia has received the worst kind of wall post. After they defaulted on their mortgage, the bank who owned their loan couldn’t locate their current address or email address. After searching extensively, the couple’s public profiles were found on Facebook.
Since the Facebook users had posted their birthdates on their profiles and friended one another, the bank investigators could verify that these were, indeed, their defaulting borrowers. Realtor.org reported that bank officials served the couple with a foreclosure notice, and Australian courts upheld the process.
This just may be the day that you finally review your Facebook profile and its privacy settings.