What to do if a friend died and made a notation that I owed her money when in factI did not?
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What to do if a friend died and made a notation that I owed her money when in factI did not?
A woman sent notice of this to me in a registered letter; she is not a relative. In the letter she stated that she is trying to settle up my friend’s estate. Apparently my friend had written on her calender that I owed her $5,000. I never borrowed this money. The friend that passed had no Will. She had for over a year been out of her head due to chronic kidney disease. The woman who wrote the registered letter, stated I have 30 days to present receipts showing that I paid her back. How do I deal with this?
Asked on December 30, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, West Virginia
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
First the claim against you by this third person for all intents and purposes is inadmissible hearsay and cannot be admitted into evidence at trial if there is a proper and timely objection to the reference on the calendar that you owe $5,000.
I would write the person who contacted you in response to the registered letter demanding that you be presented with any and all cancelled checks or promissory notes signed by you that you actually took a $5,000 loan from the deceased friend as well as all evidence from her banking or checking accounts that the $5,000 was transferred to you. Keep a copy of the letter sent for future reference and need.
I suspect that the letter you received may be some type of a scam by the person that wrote you.
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