Is it better to ignore a former friend who is harassing you for money via phone and text message or to answer the call/text message. By ignoring will that make the person madder and make them look for you or will they just stop ?

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Originally Posted by concerned mother

Is it better to ignore a former friend who is harrassing you for money via phone and text message or to answer the call/text message. By ignoring will that make the person madder and make them look for you or will they just stop ?

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Contact your phone provider and get the number either changed or the free 'call barring' service installed which means you will be informed of the number before you answer it. Get a new SIM card for your mobile phone. Don't reply to them.

Welcome to AMHD. That's an either/or; and impossible to answer, not knowing the harasser. You may want to contact your phone provider and the police/sheriff for more information.

Hello mom:

Well, I guess it depends on whether you OWE them money. If you do, then talk to them and work it out. If somebody owed you money, would you stop trying to collect?? No, you wouldn't.

If you don't owe the money, block them.

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Originally Posted by concerned mother

Is it better to ignore a former friend who is harrassing you for money via phone and text message or to answer the call/text message. By ignoring will that make the person madder and make them look for you or will they just stop ?

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If you ignore "them" they will probably move on to the next step which is Small Claims Court. A creditor IS allowed to call but not to harass.

Or you could just pay the debt -

Why are you ignoring someone who loaned you money? Are you not intending on repaying them? Would you happily loan someone money and then simply forget about the other person repaying you? No. So don't think that person is going to forget. They were kind enough to loan you the money - so be mature enough to repay it.

My first question would be, why is this person calling you for money? Do you owe them money? Or was there a situation that happened and they think or believe you owe them money and you don't think you do owe them money? You should give us more information about how this situation came about in the first. That's the only way anybody can begin to give you correct advice or help lead you in the right direction. I see one person wrote "Why are you ignoring someone who loaned you money?", but you never said anything about giving a loan, but they assumed you did, and their advice is spot on if you did loan money. Its just hard to help you without full disclosure. Help us to help you!

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Originally Posted by miqe47

My first question would be, why is this person calling you for money? Do you owe them money? Or was there a situation that happened and they think or believe you owe them money and you don't think you do owe them money? You should give us more information about how this situation came about in the first. That's the only way anybody can begin to give you correct advice or help lead you in the right direction. I see one person wrote "Why are you ignoring someone who loaned you money?", but you never said anything about giving a loan, but they assumed you did, and their advice is spot on if you did loan money. Its just hard to help you without full disclosure. Help us to help you!

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My first question would be, "Why are you responding to a post from 2008?"

My next question would be, "Why are you answer legal questions with non-legal information?"