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,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 1, 2021 | 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 15, 2021 | Scam of the day
It was just a week ago in the Scam of the day for February 9th that I told you about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settling charges it had brought against a student loan debt relief scammer A1 DocPrep. As a result of the settlement, the FTC received funds from...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 6, 2020 | 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. | Sep 16, 2019 | 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...
