Predatory lenders are reportedly making money off rising gas and food prices, and pictured a customer pumps gasoline into his car at a Sam's Club fuel island in Gulfport, Miss., Feb. 19.
Mandatory Credit:	Rogelio V. Solis/AP

Predatory lenders are reportedly making money off rising gas and food prices, and pictured a customer pumps gasoline into his car at a Sam's Club fuel island in Gulfport, Miss., Feb. 19.
Mandatory Credit: Rogelio V. Solis/AP

Stories this photo appears in:

Tease photo

Predatory lenders are making money off rising gas and food prices

In the last few months, Yumekia Jones, a legal assistant at the Mississippi Center for Justice's Indianola office, has fielded an unusually high number of calls — a roughly 400% spike — from people in dire need of immediate financial assistance.