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Illegal Loan Sharks - Anyone dealt with?

kerry87_2
kerry87_2 Posts: 263 Forumite
Hi,

Just wanted people's stories who have dealt with illegal lenders in the past.

I am not looking to do it myself btw!!

Thanks in advance
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 35,383 Forumite
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    My mum lent me £5 when I was little because I wanted to buy a Roy of the Rovers Subbuteo team. It seemed legit, but then I found out she had no credit licence.

    So I reported her to the police, she went to jail and and I was put in a home.

    So I have mixed feelings about them really.
  • kerry87_2
    kerry87_2 Posts: 263 Forumite
    My mum lent me £5 when I was little because I wanted to buy a Roy of the Rovers Subbuteo team. It seemed legit, but then I found out she had no credit licence.

    So I reported her to the police, she went to jail and and I was put in a home.

    So I have mixed feelings about them really.


    You being funny??
  • ~Brock~
    ~Brock~ Posts: 1,716 Forumite
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    kerry87 wrote: »
    You being funny??

    Does it sound funny? How would you like to grow up in a children's home? Have some decency please.....
  • meer53
    meer53 Posts: 10,217 Forumite
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    kerry87 wrote: »
    You being funny??

    What do YOU think ?
  • KingElvis
    KingElvis Posts: 4,100 Forumite
    And to see your ma dragged off screaming to pokey, the accidents in the shower, the drug habit form, the slide into madness and criminal insanity......

    I know, I've been there when I reported my mum for going down the chippy with no lights on her bike.

    Sad days.
    "We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here, and we want them now!"
  • dealer_wins
    dealer_wins Posts: 7,334 Forumite
    I used to be an illegal lender years ago.

    When I was about 9 years old I lent out marbles on an hour lease (lunchtime) for a kiss LOL

    If I had realised I was breaking several laws, including ones that could have put me on the sex offenders register, I would have thought twice about it.

    The risks we take when we were young.
  • kerry87_2
    kerry87_2 Posts: 263 Forumite
    KingElvis wrote: »
    And to see your ma dragged off screaming to pokey, the accidents in the shower, the drug habit form, the slide into madness and criminal insanity......

    I know, I've been there when I reported my mum for going down the chippy with no lights on her bike.

    Sad days.


    Wish I hadn't started this thread now.............
  • ~Brock~
    ~Brock~ Posts: 1,716 Forumite
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    kerry87 wrote: »
    Wish I hadn't started this thread now.............

    Don't be so hard on yourself....you have unwittingly contributed to brightening up my day :beer:
  • kerry87_2
    kerry87_2 Posts: 263 Forumite
    ~Brock~ wrote: »
    Don't be so hard on yourself....you have unwittingly contributed to brightening up my day :beer:


    Why have you even commented on this thread when obviously you have nothing relevant to say on this subject!!
  • kerry87 wrote: »
    Why have you even commented on this thread when obviously you have nothing relevant to say on this subject!!

    As its a stupid post! Aye lets lend money off gangs or low life scum. That is some great moneysaving advice. Wise up. You'll be on Jeremy Kyle next.
    "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered, the point is to discover them."


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