Victim Location 32259
Total money lost $800
Type of a scam Debt Collections
I got a text message on or about 7/8/19. The text claimed the could get my student loan discharged/forgiven. After a bunch of questions and answers they determined that I did qualify for total forgiveness of my student loan, they could discharge over $20000 worth of student loan debt for just a fee of $800. I paid them 800.00 on my credit card.Just the other day I got a letter from my government student loan office saying it was time to update my information, income etc. to see if I would still have to make the same amount or change my loan payment. I called my student loan company and they said that they NEVER have third parties working to forgive student loans, if a student loan is forgiven there will/would be NO fees involved. I spoke to my credit card company and since it was over a year it can’t be automatically credited but I could put in a dispute with them and they would investigate the charge.
Name of Fraudulent company: Students Service Center Suite 1250E Los Angeles, CA 90064 Phone: 424-488-7128
Victim Location 65020
Total money lost $900
Type of a scam Phishing
I was called and they left a message. I contacted them and they ended up charging me $900 to file student loan forgiveness and income driven payment information. They did enroll me in the forgiveness program but they used false information to get a income driven payment of $54.78. When they wanted to charge me another $400 to reapply for 2020, I decided to try it myself. With the information I sent in, my new payment would be $591.79. That is an increase of over 10 fold when my income did not change. I was assured that I could pay this small amount in and still have loan forgiveness in 120 payments. Fedloan.gov told me that at the end of the program, it would have been audited and I would have been disqualified from the program. By that point I would be further in debt than before and trying to retire. I am 54 years old and still paying off student debt and these people did not help my situation. These people are preying on desperate people so PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!
Victim Location 99654
Type of a scam Credit Repair/Debt Relief
This place claims working to help reduce patments on student loans or get your loans enrolled in forgiveness program claiming a loan rehab period of 6-9 months and that student loans will be consolidated. All for 5 easy upfront payments of $180.