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I Owe Unlisenced Loan Sharks What To Do

I Have Got Myself In Real Trouble, I Recently Cosolidated All My Credit Card And Unsecured Lending By Increasing My Mortgage, But I Have A Real Problem As I Have Run Up Around £70,000 Debts With Unregulated Loan Sharks And Family, I Feel My Only Opption Is To Sell My House And Use The Money From This To Set Myself And My Family Free From The Fear Of The Heavy's, My Worry Is Were Will We Live? If I Applied For A Council House Would They Ask To See Where My Money Has Gone? I Don,t Want To Run Away From England But It May Be The Only Opption And Even Then I Would Have To Spend The Rest Of My Life Looking Over My Shoulder,

Please Help....johnny
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  • nrsql
    nrsql Posts: 1,925 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Capitalising the first letter of every word - where does this come from? I've seen this before on this forum.

    >> I Owe Unlisenced Loan Sharks
    Don't think anyone would be qualified to help here and you should get professional help. Probably CAB in the first instance.
  • dkny_2
    dkny_2 Posts: 211 Forumite
    I have got some good advice but its not advice that i would like to Write on a public forum...
    :DCompleted House Purchase And LOVIN' IT:D
  • whambamboo
    whambamboo Posts: 1,287 Forumite
    I Have Got Myself In Real Trouble, I Recently Cosolidated All My Credit Card And Unsecured Lending By Increasing My Mortgage, But I Have A Real Problem As I Have Run Up Around £70,000 Debts With Unregulated Loan Sharks And Family, I Feel My Only Opption Is To Sell My House And Use The Money From This To Set Myself And My Family Free From The Fear Of The Heavy's, My Worry Is Were Will We Live? If I Applied For A Council House Would They Ask To See Where My Money Has Gone? I Don,t Want To Run Away From England But It May Be The Only Opption And Even Then I Would Have To Spend The Rest Of My Life Looking Over My Shoulder,

    Please Help....johnny

    what will the unlicenced loan sharks do to you?

    break your legs?

    Or are they toothless sharks?
    My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police - Margaret Thatcher.
  • nrsql wrote:
    Capitalising the first letter of every word - where does this come from? I've seen this before on this forum.

    >> I Owe Unlisenced Loan Sharks
    Don't think anyone would be qualified to help here and you should get professional help. Probably CAB in the first instance.

    MY POST WAS ALL WRITEN IN CAPITALS SO I DONT KNOW HOW IT HAS COME OUT LIKE THAT, THANKS FOR ADVICE ANYWAY...JOHNNY
  • vbulletin has a feature so posts written all in capitals are reduced to just capitals of first words, some forum admins turn this on, as posts all in capitals can be annoying
  • whambamboo wrote:
    what will the unlicenced loan sharks do to you?

    break your legs?

    Or are they toothless sharks?

    THE GUYS WHO COME AROUND FOR THE MONEY USUALY HAVE FEW TEETH, SO YES IN A WAY THEY ARE TOOTHLESS SHARKS, I SUSPECT THEY COULD KILL ME, BUT THEN THEY WOULDNT GET THEIR MONEY. SO YES BROKEN LIMBS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE OUTCOME.......WHY DOES THIS MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO WHAT I SHOULD DO, IM MORE WORRIED ABOUT MY WIFE AND BABY WHEN IM NOT HERE.....JOHNNY
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 50,881 Ambassador
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    Are you saying you've taken a second mortgage with these loan sharks or that you transferred your debts to your mortgage and then borrowed £70,000 from loan sharks.

    Do you have any equity in your house?
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  • Finishrich
    Finishrich Posts: 1,038 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker PPI Party Pooper
    I think you'll get more help on the debt free wannabe baord so I'll move your post over there.
  • silvercar wrote:
    Are you saying you've taken a second mortgage with these loan sharks or that you transferred your debts to your mortgage and then borrowed £70,000 from loan sharks.

    Do you have any equity in your house?

    NO I CLEARED THE DEBT ON CREDIT CARDS AND LOANS WITH MY MORTGAGE,(REMORTGAGE) WITH MY BANK. BUT I STILL HAVE THE OTHER DEBT WITH THE LOAN SHARKS.....JOHNNY
  • Johnny

    I dont know much about this sort of thing My first thought would be go to the police surely this isnt legal??

    Hopefully someone will be along soon who can advise..

    Hugs x
    Isn't the knowledge that comes from experience more valuable than the knowledge that doesn't?
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