Legal Question in Banking Law in Trinidad and Tobago
this maybe my last hope i have turned to many before but everyone is looking for a way t benifit and this has made me afraid to trust anyone with this,
my brother was contacted by a dead relative lawyer and he claims that the inherited a large sum of money he came to me and ask me if he should accept and i told him yes because at the time it seems like a mircle just when things could not get any worst,
the lawyer sent all the papers for us to sign and the info was sent to the bank and they said that we had to clear all outstanding debts before they could release the money to us it's bank mandiri in indosea and i turned to a friend who i though i could trust because i had none of my own.
she got the money borrowed form someone and give it to me the problem is when the money was payed the bank told us that we had to get some clearence certificate and more money was asked i got it noted i borrowed.
so now they said that they forgot to include to stamp fee in the total and now i have to pay for it as well more money i can't and don't have that kind of money the thing is i never got any legal advice before i started paying so when i did the lawyers saw the sum and offered to help only if i give them a cut the friend i trusted started demanding that i give her a certin amount and she give the person she borrowed the money from my number and he has being calling and harrising me now i don't know who to trust and i have a very large sum of money to repay about 35,000 us and i don't know what to do the attorney of the bank said it's the bank rules i have to pay in order to get the funds i asked to get my money back they said i can't .
pleaseeeeee help me i'm so frustrated, depressed, and i don't know who to trust.
thanking you in advance.
princess.
1 Answer from Attorneys
You appear to have been the victim of a popular scam. You should consider reporting the matter to the police.