Protect Yourself and Report the Latest Frauds, Scams, Spams, Fakes, Identify Theft Hacks and Hoaxes
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If you are looking for scholarships, grants and loans for colleges, you will quickly find that many of the official looking offers you hear at seminars, in emails, over the phone from telemarketers, or online are actually scams or just plain rip-offs. The offer and their websites may look real, except they will quickly ask you for personal financial information, social security number, bank account numbers, while making making ridiculous promises and unreasonable requests, like these:
Theses offers come in 3 varieties:
Remember, the "opportunity" is a chance to pay for information you could find yourself for free. You don't need to pay someone to help you find out whether your parent's company or association offers financial aid!
Before you decide to use a financial aid advice service, you should Additionally, investigate the organization yourself before making a commitment:
A company charging for financial aid advice is not committing fraud unless it doesn't deliver what it promises. For more information about financial aid fraud or to report fraud, call the Federal Trade Commission toll free at 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357)
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