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You should not worry about loan apps threatening to post your picture on social media. If you check their accounts, you’ll notice most of them have fewer than 100 followers. This means they are mainly circulating your picture among themselves just to instill fear in you. Never pay a dime if any loan app posts your picture online; they are actually the ones owing you, not the other way around. Instead, report the account to the appropriate social media platform, and it will likely be closed down.

If you linked (bound) your ATM card during registration with a loan app, they can automatically debit your account. To prevent this, you should go to your bank, block the card, and request a new one.

For fully licensed Microfinance Banks that may use the Global Standing Instruction (GSI) or place a lien on your account, the safest option is to move your money to another bank account that has never been registered with loan apps. This will stop them from debiting your funds.

99% of loan apps cannot come to your house or office because most of them operate illegally and have no legal right to pursue you physically. Only fully licensed and approved Microfinance Banks with a registered office address and reputation as a legitimate financial institution can pay you a friendly visit, but never to arrest you.

Borrowing is a civil matter, not a criminal case. That means you cannot be arrested simply because you owe money. If any licensed microfinance bank tries to harass or threaten you, please contact us immediately—we will take the right steps to deal with them.

As for loan apps, they cannot legally come to your house or office to arrest you.

Yes and No, a loan app can defame you, but it usually depends on where you downloaded the app from and what permissions you gave it.

1. If you downloaded the app outside the Play Store or App Store (for example, from a direct link or third-party site), it’s very likely the app will misuse your information. Many of those apps are not properly regulated.
2. How they access your contacts:

• Loan apps need Contact permission to copy your phone contacts.
• They also sometimes request Call log permission, which allows them to see your dialed, received, and missed calls—but not your full contact list.

1. If you used the app before 2023:

• Before 2023, many loan apps could freely access contacts because the rules were not strict.
• From 2023 onward, Google Play Store and Apple App Store introduced policies that restrict apps from accessing contacts and call logs unless it’s absolutely necessary.

To stop their frequent calls, you can install Truecaller, upgrade to Premium, and use the Block Spam Calls feature. This will automatically filter out most unwanted numbers. (Check the video below for step-by-step details.)

For WhatsApp calls and messages, fight back smartly: never listen to their voice notes or read their messages. Instead, use the response strategy in the link below to reply safely. When you push back confidently, scammers usually give up and flee.

https://loansharkreview.com/MessageTemplate

In most cases, 90% of loan apps cannot report you to the Credit Bureau. This is because many of them are not licensed financial institutions or they charge exorbitant interest rates that violate government policies.

However, fully licensed and approved microfinance banks can report you to the Credit Bureau. Even when they do, they usually report only the actual amount you borrowed and the original agreed interest — not the inflated charges or penalties. If you notice incorrect information in your credit report, you have the right to contest it with the Credit Bureau and request correction.