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I understand his exact words were “don’t waste your time if he owes you, he would never be able to pay he is deep into gambling so “whack” him if you need to. I do not know how to deal with the US law enforcement but I have made an appointment with a lawyer tomorrow to give my side of the story of the debt and consequent threats.
Thanks Stilltime,
Really bad at this time, really bad. I have an old “frenemy” who I belive has an envy issue with our relationship. I have not seen him for about 3 years and do not know what he does, I helped in times past when he just went through a divorce and was down financially. I was in a good place in my life then and didn’t see any reason not to lend a helping hand. I gave him a job, help pay some of his bills and he began to know some of my business including the fact that I gambled, in my society gambling is not very acceptable and gamblers try to keep some level of secrecy. Well smack in the middle of negotiation with a creditor who was willing to give me some time, someone mentions my name and “old friend” is there, he proceeds to say to them “if he owes you, he will never pay you, he gambles”. Now no matter what, I struggle to pay my debts but this fellow once more has thrown a massive blow at me at my lowest period. I have now being getting DEATH THREATS since yesterday and people have called my wife, brother and sister and even my 79 year old mum that I owe some people and they have sent people to the US to liquidate me. I have called the representative of this group of creditors and he said the reaction is based on the feed back they got from my friend and he is not in control of the actions of the main creditors. Now this fellow has not set his eye on me for 3 years, he has never reciprocated my help for him when he was down. I am tempted to take this up with law enforcement, I don’t scare easily but a threat email was also sent to a colleague about me yesterday.
Back in my parts, debt collection is not a subtle legal process, it can be harassment, physical harm and illegal detention, at one point one of my creditors kidnapped a relative of mine for 5 days until we came up with his money.
Second paragraph third line “these aren’t debt that valued whats” should actually read “these aren’t debts that COULD WAIT”. Is there an “edit” button here?
All your stories make me feel a little better, I have lost close to a $1 million in the last year (lost about $243k in tha last 4 weeks or so) and I am almost suicidal. I am in debts, deep embarrassing debts to business partners, friends and associates who are wondering “what is going on with this guy”? I am afraid of the future but I am learning here to take things one day at a time.