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Debt Collectors Use Manti Te’o Social Media Tactics

February 8, 2013 · By Sandy Smith

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The always funny, always entertaining Dominique Brown, CEO of DNB Financial Planning and the person behind the blog, Your Finances Simplified makes very witty videos related to personal finance.

I couldn’t help but share his video on how some debt collectors are reaching out to people via social media, essentially fooling people the same way that Manti Te’o was fooled. Beware the sexy stranger hitting on you online. They might just be a debt collector.


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Sandy Smith

I started this blog years ago as a way of keeping myself accountable to my own debt reduction plans. Now I'm using this site to help others get out of debt, and learn about personal finance so that they can live their best lives.

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