Is it illegal for others to send text messages to threaten others because they owe money?

Sending threatening text messages does not necessarily constitute a crime, it depends on the specific situation. Insulting or intimidating others with vile circumstances, causing serious mental damage to others, will constitute the crime of stirring up trouble, and is generally punished with fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance. If the circumstances are minor, he shall be detained for less than five days or fined less than five hundred yuan in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan.

Sending threatening text messages does not necessarily constitute a crime, it depends on the specific situation.

Insulting or intimidating others with vile circumstances, causing serious mental damage to others, will constitute the crime of stirring up trouble, and is generally punished with fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

If the circumstances are minor, he shall be detained for less than five days or fined less than five hundred yuan in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan.

Threatening text messages is illegal. Some collection companies will take extreme measures to maliciously collect debts, such as falsifying facts, sending SMS messages such as PS, insults, threats, intimidation and abuse to borrowers or family members, and even repackaging contact information to other institutions, which seriously involves breaking the law and infringing on reputation and privacy.

I hope the above content can help you. Please consult a professional lawyer if you have any other questions.

Legal basis:

Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment commits one of the following acts, and shall be detained for less than 5 days or fined for less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for more than 5 days 10 days, and may also be fined up to 500 yuan:

(1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means;

(2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others;

(3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment;

(4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives;

(5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others;

(six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.