Fiverr transaction got hold by my frined

Hello BHW,

I have started Fiverr in Feb 2021 and doing great now.
I am a level 1 seller now and almost completed $2000 orders till now. So next month hopefully, I will become a level 2 seller on the next 15th July.

MY PROBLEM

I was having bank issues that's why I was using one of my friend's bank account to get the amount from Payoneer.
So my friend gave me my first few amounts which he received from Payoneer. but the last transaction which I received was a littile big amount and after receiving the transaction my friends put the amount on hold saying prove me this is a legal transaction.

Before sending him the last transaction I told him that this is the last transaction from my side in your bank account, in the future I will change the linked account. So you will not receive any amount from me into your bank. Even I was not going to transfer the last amount but after confirming from Payoneer they said that the account can be changed but the new account should belong to the same person. So I continued the last transfer in my friend's bank account. I did not contact Fiverr because I don't want the risk to lose my account because of one stupid friend.

So my amount was on hold by my so-called friend and he asked me to prove to him that it is a legal transaction and he will not get in trouble because of this transaction.

So I told him everything shown him the screenshots of transactions, explained to him everything but he said he will not release the funds.

He told me to get a lawyer, make legal papers mention the transaction ID's and also give the details of tax of all the transactions
which he has received. so I was a little shocked because he was my friend for the last 10 years and totally changed his way of speaking and also changed his behavior in just one day.

First I asked another friend to tell him that everything is legal and there is no risk of the transactions which he received but no he did not accept and asked me to go and get the legal papers.

So as I stay in India, first I contacted Payoneer to get the FIRC details, in the FIRC details each and everything is mentioned but the Payoneer delayed the process of giving me the FIRC of all transactions, while they have clearly mentioned on their FAQ section that within 3 days of the transaction the FIRC is automatically delivered in the account.

So I waited for 10 more days until I received the FIRC of all the transactions from Payoneer then went and made a legal paper and gave that legal paper to my so-called friend but still, he said there are issues, So I told him I will reach out to the police station with all the information if he did not release the funds, then he accepted and gave me the funds by bank cheque. As I have mentioned to him on the legal papers to transfer the fund to one of my family member accounts but he denied it and gave me the funds through cheque and used my name in the cheque.

So now I have to go and create a new bank account of mine and get the funds.

Now I am also processing to receive my next funds from PayPal because no options are left for me now.

I would like to know what are your thoughts are about my so-called friend and does anyone here went with the same issue as mine?

So called friends, will fck up your life from time to time, just move on and don´t consider him a friend anymore.

Looks like He is really not considered you as a friend in these past 10 years!

cosmo89 said:

Looks like He is really not considered you as a friend in these past 10 years!

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so true.

RoiBox said:

So called friends, will fck up your life from time to time, just move on and don´t consider him a friend anymore.

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Yes, correct, I am not at all going to be in contact with this so-called friend.

Looks like he want to take over your $ for sure. Those legal things just an excuse. Just hire a lawyer as he said but not for proving but put him into jail

Here’s an easy Jewel we should all live by and learnt early in life don’t do business with family and friends money easily breeds enemies.

Dung Nguyen said:

Looks like he want to take over your $ for sure. Those legal things just an excuse. Just hire a lawyer as he said but not for proving but put him into jail

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I was thinking the same, but for now, I am waiting to get my funds in my hand first, and after getting my funds then I will surely go for the legal action and one more thing he did not give me the full amount which I missed to mention, He has taken a little amount saying he will hold this amount so that if there is any tax issue in the future then he will use the amount or if there is no any tax issue in coming 6 months then we will release that small payment also. He just gave the reason to get that small amount.

But anyhow I am going to take legal action on him, once I get the funds in my hand

traffictrappers said:

Here’s an easy Jewel we should all live by and learnt early in life don’t do business with family and friends money easily breeds enemies.

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Yes, correct and actually I learned the lesson from him. Not to do business with friends and family.

Your friend deserve a tip because he allowed you to use his bank account. But also do not waste your time and money on lawyers... a simple complaint to police is enough afterwards try to be again friend with your friend for good karma

It's always funny how fast people change their toon when you threaten to file a police report. Or break their kneecaps, Either or. Bet you he already spent it and doesn't have it. That check was to buy him time.

Thorr said:

Your friend deserve a tip because he allowed you to use his bank account. But also do not waste your time and money on lawyers... a simple complaint to police is enough afterwards try to be again friend with your friend for good karma

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Yes, KARMA!

leechesBleechin said:

It's always funny how fast people change their toon when you threaten to file a police report. Or break their kneecaps, Either or. Bet you he already spent it and doesn't have it. That check was to buy him time.

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So true, even I think he had already spent the money, and he gave me the cheque because he just wants to extend the time, but unfortunately if the cheque gets bounced for any reason then it's a plus point for me and I can take strict action against him, also I can ask for compensation for holding my money for a long time for no reason.

I am just waiting for my new bank account, once the new account is ready I will simply deposit the cheque and see if I receive the money or not. so accordingly I will take the action against him.

Maybe you should have let him take a bit to keep him happy, as it seems he didn't have an issue with any of the smaller transactions but got greedy with this one. Either way, keep us updated.

thebotmaker said:

Maybe you should have let him take a bit to keep him happy, as it seems he didn't have an issue with any of the smaller transactions but got greedy with this one. Either way, keep us updated.

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Yes exactly I asked him to take the very small amount even before transferring the amount and he said no I don't need it. And after getting the amount in his account I get to know that he actually wanted the whole amount.

Mymusic said:

Yes exactly I asked him to take the very small amount even before transferring the amount and he said no I don't need it. And after getting the amount in his account I get to know that he actually wants the whole amount.

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He was just trying to find an excuse to steal your money. If my friend of 10 years told me to get a lawyer over this i would have told him to go fuck himself. Not my friend anymore for sure.

It also happened in my life that I negotiated with friends about opening a joint business and then it did not go as planned. However, there were also such cases that I trusted a lot of money to almost strangers and in the end everything was fine. There are many situations in life when there is no logic in people's actions. You trust some friends, but they betray you and vice versa

ziko12345 said:

He was just trying to find an excuse to steal your money. If my friend of 10 years told me to get a lawyer over this i would have told him to go fuck himself. Not my friend anymore for sure.

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I feel the same thing about him right after he asked me to get a lawyer. But just because it's my hard-earned money and I don't want to lose it that's the reason I was so calm. I will 100% take action if the cheque gets bounced or for any reason if I don't get my hard-earned money.

SuperKonstax said:

It also happened in my life that I negotiated with friends about opening a joint business and then it did not go as planned. However, there were also such cases that I trusted a lot of money to almost strangers and in the end everything was fine. There are many situations in life when there is no logic in people's actions. You trust some friends, but they betray you and vice versa

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Yes, in this kind of situation there is actually no logic in people's actions. I guess this is a very important lesson of life that we have learned.