I realise there may not be a resolution to this and that I took the risk with this knowing what the potential outcome could be. A friend who lives in a different country was in desperate need of help and support and was (according to him) under threat of extreme violence if money was not repaid. I took pity on him and sent him money to help him out but made it very clear that this was a temporary loan as I don't work and have very little money available. I needed the money back in time to hopefully renew my car insurance in May. This gave him around 3 months at the time to pay the money back. He sent me two small amounts towards it in that time but still owes me $90. We are now heading into July, 2 months after the agreed repayment date and 5 months since he received the money from me. As I said, I realise that I took a risk with this and relied on a friendship and a verbal agreement to ensure I was repaid. I know there is little, if any, chance that I will ever receive this money back but I wondered if anyone else has ever been in this sort of situation before and if so, what did you do? Is there anything at all I can do to try and reclaim this money? It wasn't a purchase of any kind so there is no paper trail as such. Does anyone have any advice of what I could do? I do fully understand that I need to never do this again and need to stop being so soft and trusting. Please don't barrage me with insulting and negative responses, I know it's my own mistake.
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