Payday loan firms sent more than 1,000 text messages to customer demanding money from him AFTER he killed himself over £20,000 debt
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Payday loan firms sent more than 1,000 text messages to customer demanding money from him AFTER he killed himself over £20,000 debt
A payday loans firm sent more than 1,000 text messages demanding cash to a heavily indebted customer after he had killed himself, it emerged today.
Ian Jordan, 60, of Botley, Hampshire, had racked up more than £20,000 of debt to more than 12 firms over a year before he committed suicide.
In one case he was being charged more than 5,000 per cent a year in interest for the cash he had borrowed.
His daughter, Samantha Carr, and her family have now posted a video online in memory of him, which includes a heartfelt call on the Government to clamp down on payday loan firms.
She said: 'Ian received 1,000 texts after his death. Some of them were demands for money. They pursued the family too.'
Relatives were so tormented by the aggressive texts, they ripped the SIM card out of Ian's phone to make them stop.
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Suicide: Ian Jordan, 60, had racked up more than £20,000 of debt to more than 12 firms
The video features photos from Mr Jordan's life cut alongside the heartbreaking story of the events which led to his death.
The poignant messages read: 'My daddy's rubbish at maths. That's why he trusted those payday loan companies. But soon he was really worried and embarrassed.
'He didn't talk to anybody about his debts, but I wish he had, because then I wouldn't have to go to his funeral two weeks before Christmas.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2700031/Grandfather-60-killed-running-20-000-debts-payday-loan-firms.html#ixzz38DUmF1pO
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