by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 10, 2024 | Scam of the day
More than forty-two million Americans have student loans with an outstanding balance of more than 1.4 trillion dollars so it is no surprise that scammers are focusing their attention on these students and former students through scams that falsely promise to provide...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 19, 2023 | Scam of the day
I have written often about phony student loan debt relief companies and with good reason. More than forty-two million Americans have student loans with an outstanding balance of more than 1.4 trillion dollars so it is no surprise that scammers are focusing their...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 7, 2022 | Scam of the day
I have written many times over the last ten years about student loan scams because scammers have successfully targeted college students and their parents for a variety of scams related to these extensive loans. In October of 2017 the Federal Trade Commission, working...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 19, 2022 | Scam of the day
For profit universities have been a target of state and federal investigations for years. I have written about this topic since 2012. It should be noted that not all for profit colleges are scams, but there are a large number of for profit colleges, sometimes...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 7, 2021 | Scam of the day
High school students, college students and their parents are now filling out their 2022-2023 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms to apply for college financial aid. Many states and schools give out their financial aid funds on a first-come,...
