Brandon Frere

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  I Can’t Get a Straight Answer About What is Going On With Ameritech and the FTC

  Question: Dear Steve, Are you familiar with Ameritech? I can’t seem to get an answer from anyone there as to the status of things in general. My daughter has paperwork with them and we I don’t know...

  • Posted June 21, 2018
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  This Student Loan Assistance Marketing From Ameritech Financial Will Make You Feel Violated

  I’ve been helping people with debt advice or assistance since 1994 but this marketing just revealed in public filings is creepy as hell. If I had not seen the images myself I would not have believed it....

  • Posted April 23, 2018
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  The Number of People You Give Gifts or Rides Too Impacts Your Student Loan Payment

  Under the heading of “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” I was reading a recent FTC filing in the case involving American Financial Benefits Center. An FTC investigator made a call to an AFBC sales agent named...

  • Posted March 6, 2018
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  American Financial Benefits Center Hit by FTC Over Student Loan Assistance

  The Federal Trade Commission has charged a student loan debt relief operation with bilking more than $28 million from thousands of consumers throughout the country by falsely promising that consumers’ monthly payments would go towards paying off...

  • Posted February 7, 2018
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  American Financial Benefits Center Appears to Lock FTC Crosshairs on Itself

  I must admit the American Financial Benefits Center, Ameritech Financial, Financial Education Benefits Center, and Brandon Frere must have incredibly creative attorneys advising them. Frankly, I’m not sure I get the path they are on. Back in...

  • Posted January 10, 2018
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  AFBC and Student Loan Payment Reduction Department

  An amazing reader, JMAN sent in a new debt relief mailer through my I Buy Junk Mail program. This one is for something called the Student Loan Document Preparation and Processing Services Program, Student Loan Payment Reduction...

  • Posted December 18, 2014
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  Canadians Targeted in Student Loan Assistance Scheme From U.S.

  The flurry of student loan assistance programs exploding is the latest debt relief pitch rolling out. I’ve covered these here, here, here, and here. An amazing reader sent in a new debt relief mailer through my I...

  • Posted July 19, 2013
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