Student Loan Assistance
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Today’s Telemarketer Scammer Calls – Vehicle Warranty and Student Loan HelpIt seems the telemarketing calls are coming in fast and furious. Here are the two scammiest from today. Vehicle Warranty Heather claims my vehicle warranty has expired. It hasn’t. Student Loans This guy wants to help me...
- Posted June 29, 2017
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My Student Loan Document Preparation Company Murdered My Consolidation LoanQuestion: Dear Steve, I paid a private student loan assistance company take care of my loan consolidation. They mistaking included a parent loan causing me only one income based repayment option. When I received my paperwork from...
- Posted July 28, 2016
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FTC Brings Action Against Debt Relief Operation that Targeted Financially Distressed Homeowners and Student Loan BorrowersThe Federal Trade Commission has charged a debt relief operation with falsely representing to financially distressed homeowners and student loan borrowers that it would help get their mortgages and student loans modified. At the FTC’s request, a...
- Posted February 25, 2016
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Is Congress Offering More Empty Promises for Troubled Student Borrowers?At long last, it appears as if some members of the U.S. Senate are acknowledging that student borrowers aren’t the only ones to blame for the $ 1.2 trillion mess we have on our hands. Sen. Lamar...
- Posted June 2, 2015
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Why Income Based Student Loan Payments Can Be a Terrible TrapWhat Student Loan Assistance Companies Are Not Telling You With the surge in companies that are selling student loan assistance programs it seems their product is most commonly just filling out paperwork to enroll people in income...
- Posted February 20, 2015
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Federal Student Loan Notice Mailer ReviewAn amazing reader Alicia sent in a new debt relief mailer through my I Buy Junk Mail program. Alicia received a mailer from good old postal permit 1297 in Sacramento, California which promises some amazing student loan...
- Posted August 15, 2014
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Why Most Student Loan Debt Advice is Bad or Just WrongAs a consumer debt expert it is exceedingly frustrating hearing from people all around the country on a daily basis who are seeking good help for their student loan troubles, only to get really bad advice, or...
- Posted March 17, 2014
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Association for Student Loan Relief Forms. Game On.For companies interested in selling student loan debt relief it appears a new organization has formed, led by noted debt relief attorney Robby Birnbaum of Greenspoon Marder. The group, Association for Student Loan Relief (AFSLR) is holding...
- Posted October 17, 2013
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Alleged Student Loan Assistance Employee Warns ConsumersBoth the National Consumer Law Center and this site have provided warnings to consumers over student loan assistance programs that can do more potential harm than good. But an insider with a student loan assistance company and...
- Posted August 23, 2013
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Thom Fox Interviews Steve About Debt Relief OptionsThom Fox co-hosts a radio show “The Engine” and spent some time talking to me recently about the debt relief world today and what good options are available for consumers. It was a great interview since Thom...
- Posted August 18, 2013
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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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Student Loan Assistance Report Out. Shows Danger of Such Programs.The National Consumer Law Center has just released their latest report. This one is all about student loan assistance programs. While I have been reporting about this new debt relief solution, the NCLC report goes into more...
- Posted June 19, 2013
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Are All Student Loan Assistance Companies a Scam?“Dear Steve, I am a bankruptcy attorney and looking to provide services to those with student loan problems, as well. You appear to believe most or all companies that help you with student loan issues are scams....
- Posted May 20, 2013
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Student Loan Consolidation Assistance Slippery Slope of ComplianceRecently the site has received a number of great comments about if student loan consolidation assistance services should be regulated or are already regulated under state laws.You can read all the article on this topic, here. When...
- Posted March 4, 2013
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Student Loan Assistance Companies Need a Good Debt Relief LawyerThe more I talk to regulators around the country the more I’m hearing that student loan assistance companies that charge advance fees are operating illegally in a number of states. The issue is a bit murky at...
- Posted February 28, 2013
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My College Loan Support / Default Student Loan Specialists – Review. Are They a Scam?Company Name My College Loan Support Default Student Loan Specialists Our Impression of What the Company Offers to Consumers Student loan consolidation services. However, the company can’t be verified, the management is a mystery, the local appears...
- Posted February 26, 2013
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How to Run a Clean Student Loan Assistance ProgramSince I started writing about student loan rescue or assistance programs that look like they take unfair advantage of consumers I’ve heard from some that would like to know what a “legitimate” student loan assistance program actually...
- Posted February 20, 2013
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Student Loan Assistance Rescue Scams On the Rise – Buyer BewareThere has been a sudden rise in the number of companies that are selling purported student loan assistance programs. Recently I covered three such programs here, here, and here. You can see all the stories on student...
- Posted February 19, 2013
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