Reaching out to someone in Pre Forclosure - New York State

[Donald DiBuono]

Would love some help on answering 2 questions:

1) Are there any laws prohibiting people from reaching out to a person in the pre-forclosure process in regards to purchasing their house?

2) If you have found the owners phone number, what is the best method to contact them? Call? Text? Email? Does anyone have a standard template?

Thank you in advance for your help!