How to find someone who owes you money?
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A friend of mine has a bit of situation and has asked me for advice, so I thought it would be well worth putting it up here and getting some info, as I’m sure someone on here must have been in a similar situation.
Basically my friend owns a company, a customer has run up a rather high bill (£25000 to be exact)and basically legged it with out paying. So what’s the best way to trace this guy and get the money back? So far all attempts have failed.
Also if he employs a collection agency / bailiff what can / will they do to get the money back and what are the chances of them finding this guy.
He no longer resides at his home address, although his parents still live there and claim they don’t know where he is now. Any ideas chaps?
Basically my friend owns a company, a customer has run up a rather high bill (£25000 to be exact)and basically legged it with out paying. So what’s the best way to trace this guy and get the money back? So far all attempts have failed.
Also if he employs a collection agency / bailiff what can / will they do to get the money back and what are the chances of them finding this guy.
He no longer resides at his home address, although his parents still live there and claim they don’t know where he is now. Any ideas chaps?
abdulaziz said:
A friend of mine has a bit of situation and has asked me for advice, so I thought it would be well worth putting it up here and getting some info, as I’m sure someone on here must have been in a similar situation.
Basically my friend owns a company, a customer has run up a rather high bill (£25000 to be exact)and basically legged it with out paying. So what’s the best way to trace this guy and get the money back? So far all attempts have failed.
Also if he employs a collection agency / bailiff what can / will they do to get the money back and what are the chances of them finding this guy.
He no longer resides at his home address, although his parents still live there and claim they don’t know where he is now. Any ideas chaps?
I tend to use Friends Reunited or Facebook, locate either the person or last known friends of that person.Basically my friend owns a company, a customer has run up a rather high bill (£25000 to be exact)and basically legged it with out paying. So what’s the best way to trace this guy and get the money back? So far all attempts have failed.
Also if he employs a collection agency / bailiff what can / will they do to get the money back and what are the chances of them finding this guy.
He no longer resides at his home address, although his parents still live there and claim they don’t know where he is now. Any ideas chaps?
if you contact a debt collector, and prove the debt, they will look for him. I had to do this once, and they found him. Unfortunatly he was living in a crappy house boat and driving a wreck of a car, so they wouldn't persue it any further. If they don't think they will get much / any money from him then they walk away.
Edited by smilerbaker on Tuesday 13th May 13:44
I'd focus on the parents. I'm pretty sure they're an accessory to some sort of financial crime if they do know where he is but are claiming they don't. Also worth considering that if he owes your mate £25k, and your mate will be taxed on that, then he effectively owes the Inland Revenue a percentage of £25k... Those buggers would manage to find Osama Bin Laden if they thought he owed them money.
smilerbaker said:
if you contact a debt collector, and prove the debt, they will look for him. I had to do this once, and they found they found they. Unfortunatly he was living in a crappy house boat
Could always drill a hole in the bottom as revenge Edited by MitchT on Tuesday 13th May 13:32
I might be able to help (I used to be a private investigator). PM me everything you know about him (and I mean everything - name, address, what he owes the money for, how he was supposed to be paying, age, parents names, hobbie etc, no matter how obscure the detail. I once found a guy because someone told me he liked a certain type of beer that I'd never heard of. I found out what company brewed it and which pubs they sold it to and found him in one of the pubs!) and I'll see if I can help. I'm not gonna post anything else here though, because some of the techniques used to find people are very sneaky!
Boosted LS1 used to be a PI as well, he might be able to help.
Boosted LS1 used to be a PI as well, he might be able to help.
chris_w666 said:
If his debt is for legal (ie not dodgy) products or services then try contacting the BiB for advice, as his runner could amount to some kind of fraud.
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The BiB will simply tell him that it has nothing to do with them and is a civil matter..
Otherwise every company who ever gave credit would be jamming up our police system.
Anyway OP: A tracing agent is the person who will find them, usually relatively cheaply.
I echo what has been said before though. He'll never see a penny.
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