If you require
other legal services, the Legal Services Commission has produced a
useful directory of legal services, please visit their
website at
CLS
Direct
If
you are a Northamptonshire consumer, we can send you leaflets including those
produced by other organisations such as the
Office of Fair Trading
(OFT),
Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Visit our guidance notes and leaflets page for further
information using the link below.
Guidance notes and leaflets
Have you been bitten by a loan shark?
The Public
Protection Project Team, a locally based team, employed by
the Government to tackle loan sharks are here to help.
What the Public
Protection Project Team can do to help
They can:
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Offer advice and support
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Refer you to legitimate credit agencies including credit
unions, which are funded especially to help people like
you
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Investigate complaints
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Prosecute people involved in loan sharking
Contact us
If you or anyone you
know has been affected, please call the Public Protection
Project confidential Hotline,
available 24 hours a day,
7 days a week:
Hotline number:
01604 651099
Click on the image above to download the loan shark leaflet
