Stop Loan Sharks
The Public Protection Project Team, a locally based team, employed by the Government to tackle loan sharks are here to help.
Have you been bitten by a loan shark?
- Have you or anyone you know been approached by someone offering you a loan
- Have you been offered a loan without a credit check?
- Are you paying lots of interest on the loan?
- Are you unsure how much you owe or how many more payments you have to make?
- Have you or your family been threatened as a result of not making repayments, including threats of violence or damage to property?
Help is available!
We are the Public Protection Project Team, a locally based team, employed by the Government to tackle loan sharks.
What we can do to help
We can:
- offer advice and support
- refer you to legitimate credit agencies including credit unions, which are funded especially to help people like you
- investigate complaints
- prosecute people involved in loan sharking.
How you can help us
You can help us to:
- reduce illegal money lending
- discourage potential loan sharks
- increase awareness
- encourage other victims to come forward.
If you or anyone you know has been affected please call our 24 hour confidential hotline.
Did you know?
- A loan shark is an unlicensed money lender. This means you may not have to pay back the loan.
- A loan shark, if prosecuted, can be sent to prison.
Call the Public Protection Project Team hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week on 01332 644 000 - your call is confidential and we can call you back if you need us to.
Other sources of help and support:
Derbyshire Community Finance
Tel: 01332 365550
Erewash Credit Union
Tel: 0115 932 9493
www.erewashcreditunion.org.uk (opens in a new window)
Related documents
The following documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free from the Adobe website (opens in a new window)