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Lost a lot of money and am in need of help...
10 years ago
I normally don't make these kinds of posts about real life issues, but this is quite serious and I'm very upset about it.
Last year, my mom met a new boyfriend named Ken. Ken told her that he had a legal settlement in Tennessee against his former business partner who supposedly screwed him over. So, they went off to Tennessee and also went to New Orleans plus somewhere in Mississippi for fun. My mom, brother and I have our accounts under the same login on the website for our bank so I noticed my mom's account was losing money over time. It appeared to me that she was going crazy spending it all on bars, casinos, etc. and the money she gets is Social Security Income which comes once a month. She caused her account to overdraft and I even texted her about it then she said she thought there would be money deposited into it from the legal stuff that Ken's going through.
Ken said there was some kind of delay in getting things settled and the money from the settlement would not be given yet. That's when they started to "borrow" money from my brother and I. The legal battle was dragging on for whatever reason and they ended up staying there for more than 2 months while using my brother and I's money to pay for their hotels, restaurants, etc. I was in the process of organizing a fursuit commission during all of this, but I did not have enough for the down payment because my mom and Ken took some of my money just before I was going to pay the suit maker. I got very angry with them because the commissions closed a few days later, but they just told me to wait until they got the money and they'd pay me back. The suit maker told me commissions would be open again in January.
My mom eventually came home on a bus in time for Thanksgiving while Ken stayed behind. We went to a Golden Corral for Thanksgiving, but we were all nearly broke at that point. I ended up paying for us with the cash tips I received at my job.
Ken came home about a week or so later, but there was still no money because he said the court still had to finalize things. During December, there was one day when our electricity got cut off and another day when the water got cut off because we couldn't afford to pay the bills. We were even behind on paying the rent on our house because my mom and Ken kept spending money while they were gone so we were just barely able to afford things between us.
It's January now and there's STILL no money. Fursuit commissions reopened early in the month so I constantly questioned my mom and Ken about when we were ever going to get the money. They kept saying that someone screwed up and it would be coming soon. Soon before my birthday, they went to my grandparents' house a few hours away from home so that Ken could fix their driveway since someone else they hired didn't do a proper job on it. My grandfather paid Ken half for the job then Ken suddenly had some business to take care of somewhere else in the state so he left my mom behind.
My mom kept trying to get a hold of Ken, but he wasn't answering. She became suspicious of him so she met his lawyer, Rob, to talk to him about what's going on. Rob said there never was a legal battle going on and he didn't know about everything else. Ken took the truck he and my mom got together which is under her name and ran off with it to who knows where. My mom called and told me about it on my birthday, too.
When I heard about this, I was furious. I knew I was never getting my money back. All that hard work I put into my job to try to save up money for something I wanted had gone to waste because of a big mistake my own mother made in trusting a guy she met. We are in a lot of debt now, as well. I just heard that my mom and brother lost their car insurance.
I've been feeling very depressed lately due to all of this. I was trying to get a fursuit made because being at Anthrocon last year inspired me. This is not something I've ever gone asking anyone before, but if any of you can help me out by donating then it will be much appreciated.
PayPal donation link: http://bit.ly/1OMr6S3
Last year, my mom met a new boyfriend named Ken. Ken told her that he had a legal settlement in Tennessee against his former business partner who supposedly screwed him over. So, they went off to Tennessee and also went to New Orleans plus somewhere in Mississippi for fun. My mom, brother and I have our accounts under the same login on the website for our bank so I noticed my mom's account was losing money over time. It appeared to me that she was going crazy spending it all on bars, casinos, etc. and the money she gets is Social Security Income which comes once a month. She caused her account to overdraft and I even texted her about it then she said she thought there would be money deposited into it from the legal stuff that Ken's going through.
Ken said there was some kind of delay in getting things settled and the money from the settlement would not be given yet. That's when they started to "borrow" money from my brother and I. The legal battle was dragging on for whatever reason and they ended up staying there for more than 2 months while using my brother and I's money to pay for their hotels, restaurants, etc. I was in the process of organizing a fursuit commission during all of this, but I did not have enough for the down payment because my mom and Ken took some of my money just before I was going to pay the suit maker. I got very angry with them because the commissions closed a few days later, but they just told me to wait until they got the money and they'd pay me back. The suit maker told me commissions would be open again in January.
My mom eventually came home on a bus in time for Thanksgiving while Ken stayed behind. We went to a Golden Corral for Thanksgiving, but we were all nearly broke at that point. I ended up paying for us with the cash tips I received at my job.
Ken came home about a week or so later, but there was still no money because he said the court still had to finalize things. During December, there was one day when our electricity got cut off and another day when the water got cut off because we couldn't afford to pay the bills. We were even behind on paying the rent on our house because my mom and Ken kept spending money while they were gone so we were just barely able to afford things between us.
It's January now and there's STILL no money. Fursuit commissions reopened early in the month so I constantly questioned my mom and Ken about when we were ever going to get the money. They kept saying that someone screwed up and it would be coming soon. Soon before my birthday, they went to my grandparents' house a few hours away from home so that Ken could fix their driveway since someone else they hired didn't do a proper job on it. My grandfather paid Ken half for the job then Ken suddenly had some business to take care of somewhere else in the state so he left my mom behind.
My mom kept trying to get a hold of Ken, but he wasn't answering. She became suspicious of him so she met his lawyer, Rob, to talk to him about what's going on. Rob said there never was a legal battle going on and he didn't know about everything else. Ken took the truck he and my mom got together which is under her name and ran off with it to who knows where. My mom called and told me about it on my birthday, too.
When I heard about this, I was furious. I knew I was never getting my money back. All that hard work I put into my job to try to save up money for something I wanted had gone to waste because of a big mistake my own mother made in trusting a guy she met. We are in a lot of debt now, as well. I just heard that my mom and brother lost their car insurance.
I've been feeling very depressed lately due to all of this. I was trying to get a fursuit made because being at Anthrocon last year inspired me. This is not something I've ever gone asking anyone before, but if any of you can help me out by donating then it will be much appreciated.
PayPal donation link: http://bit.ly/1OMr6S3
Regardless, I sincerely hope you gather together the money for your fursuit.. you deserve it.. and I am very sorry you and your family had to deal with such a disgusting con man...