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We are launching our Stop Loan Sharks Week Campaign on 30th November 2020.

The theme this year is avoiding loan sharks online amid concerns more people are falling prey to unscrupulous lenders on social media.

You can download our #SharkFreeSurfing campaign materials and social media assets below.

If you have any issues downloading the files, please contact our press team on press@stoploansharks.gov.uk

How to get in touch with our press office

The Stop Loan Sharks press office is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

If you are a journalist with a media enquiry, please contact our press office by emailing press@stoploansharks.gov.uk.

If you have an urgent media enquiry out of hours, contact a member of the team on 0300 555 2222.

You can also follow the IMLT on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

To speak to the Financial Conduct Authority with a more general enquiry regarding consumer debt, please call 020 7066 3232 or email press.office@fca.org.uk.

About Us

The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) is the government body behind Stop Loan Sharks. The team was set up in 2004 to investigate and prosecute illegal money lenders while protecting those who have borrowed money from a loan shark.

Since launch, the England IMLT have supported over 30,000 people and written off over £83 million worth of illegal debt.

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