Re: Lending money to Paralegal at Law Firm and he will not p

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You can get a gun and blow his head off. The rush might be
worth the $500.

On 11/18/01, clis fenton wrote:
> hi- I want to ask a question about what I should do about a
> situation I got myself into. A man answer an ad I had on
> Match.com and told me he wanted me to go out. I went to his
> law office in Pasadena and we went out for a while and then
> hun g out there.I really liked him. When I left he said he
> wanted to come ot where I was staying in Ventura that
> weekend, During the week we e-mailed and talked on the
> phone and I felt comfotable with him. He asked me for a
> favor "could I lend him $425.00 until payday in a week, a
> short term loan and he would write up a promisorry note and
> bring it with him when I saw him.I sent t he check to his
> office and noted it was for payroll and he cashed it during
> workingn hours (they called from the bank) and then he
> stood me up three days in a row and then a series of other
> times after that. I asked for the note and he always said
> he'd give it when he saw me. The due date for the total of
> $500. I lent him was Aug. 28, 2001 and today is Nov.
> 17,2001.
> I wrote him several nice e-mails and called and left
> messages but did not hear from him. I decided to get tough
> and told him to give it to me that weekend (3 weeks ago or
> I would speak to his boss since all of this eminated from
> his office).He said thAT WAS FRUAD AND i WOULD NEVER GET
> AWAY WITH IT. I did not want him to know my new address, so
> I had to give him a friend's po box that is hardly uised
> and I checked it myself in the last three weeks. It should
> have taken 2 days at the most to get here. I sent an e-mail
> and told him, fri, was his last chance. I wanted it in my
> hand in cash and I also wanted to see the promissory note.
> He was very abusive to me and told me in an e-mail he knew
> my friend (who owes the po box stole it and I was out of
> luck). I wrote back and said I had the key and checked it
> and how dare he accuse my friend. I also told him it was
> his problem if the money was lost,n ot mine and I still
> wanted it that night.He only answered to say he had sent in
> Western Union weeks ago and thta was that and he had no
> more responsibility. I told him I was going to have to talk
> to his boss about doing crimal acts while at work, though
> the firm, their e-mail system, phone and saying it wasd for
> payroll. Ok Im stupid I learned my lesson, but can I go to
> his boss or is there really nothing I can do?

Re: Lending money to Paralegal at Law Firm and he will not p, 3/08/04, by Guido Pantuso.

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