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Is this a debt collector/collection agent? Will I get in trouble?
Got an email from an unknown company asking me to settle 0.88 euros of outstanding balance for Scaleway.
Not an EU citizen & dont live in EU, what will happen if I dont pay? and who are they? 
Why would Scaleway spent time & money to external company for this?
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It is all automated it seems
Technically they won't do anything.
However, you can be fair play and pay those 88 cents.
You will be arrested as soon as you step on Europe.
If you fly European airlines (e.g. Ryan Air), you will be placed in the unpressurized portion of the cargo hold.
You will then be deported to France.
Louis XIV will order to hang you in public for stealing service from a French corporation.
They could hire a local debit collector.
That would stack up fees, I would verify the request and pay it.
If this is legit, then just pay it.
If its not legit, ignore it, you could try to talk to them, however most debit collection agencies are mentally challenged.
Well at least until they've added enough expenses (given those massive 88 cents over the course of 10 years or so maybe) on top of it to make it worthwhile (if they have some kind of branch in OPs jurisdiction as pursuing small debts in random countries is unlikely to ever be economic).
They sent me a final warning and even threatened to send collectors locally (in Asia) for a 0.02EUR bill. As Neon suggested, best to pay it off, as the fees may stack up.
Don't worry, they'll soon chase you for a lot more money to cover their fees.
Maybe add him to fraud databases so he'll find it a lot more difficult to buy anything from other companies in the future?
3 Years EU prescription ... so, even if they add shitload of money, he won't have to pay 1 cent if 3+ years passed.
You'll be banned from eating French fries for the next 10 years.
Pay your debts.
What’s up with these questions lately?
No matter the possible side-effects, unless you’re broke (in which case, using Scaleway is kind of weird), paying obviously is the right thing to do, you bought a service, now pay.
Do you also order food at a restaurant and then make a post on Reddit asking for the possible conseqences if you just run?
They collect a percentage of what they recover. It costs Scaleay nothing to give it over to a debt collector.
This is why I avoid using post paid services
Why is everyone assuming the claimed debt is valid?
Presumably, you had a service with Scaleway and presumably, you owe them 0.88 € and presumably, you know this
If so, then just do the right thing instead of asking strangers on a forum whether you could get away without doing the right thing
Buuut what if he really needs those 88 cents?
pay what you owe.
don't let 0.88 haunt you
@yoursunny forgot to say then will cut off your penis.
Probably because hardly anyone does a lot of thinking in relation to 88 cents (let's face it OP likely already wasted more money by posting here than if he had just paid) but admittedly that might also very well be the actual ploy.
Tell him to fuck off and send Picture of your dick
And that, children, is how I met your father.
So you know that from now on you have to use just prepaid services. LET is full of prepaid offers.
@Dvo
Common Maximilian W
Pay them via credit card lol, the credit card fee is negative revenue for them.
I received same email from them for 0.68 EUR bill that was from 2018 at Scaleway/online.net
I paid them and solved case, but before that I logged to Scaleway account and find that all invoices are already paid, but it was 0.68€ and I paid so they can be happy.
You avoid using post paid because you don’t want to pay and instead use pre paid where you’ll most definitely have to pay?
meanwhile on reddit, "Netlify just sent me a $104K bill for a simple static site"
Absolutely! No drama just peaceful
Well, if you don't pay, they will add fees.
I don't know the laws in France, but in some countries, it run up.
They will most likely not be able to collect your debt, but they can register you as a non-payer on fraudrecord.com and similar sites.
Other providers that use the same warning system may reject you as a customer.
(It's funny that you try to run from a €0.88 bill.)
Maximilian K. sir
Or what does W. stand for? Wanker?