Scam Alert Archives

Scam Alert: Lender Calls Asking for Date of Birth and Social Security Numbers

Loans servicers calling and asking for information to verify your identity isn’t necessarily a scam, but there are ways to protect yourself.

Calling out scammers by name comes with major risks, and it resulted in a terrifying experience in my early days of running this site.

Great news for student loan borrowers has turned into an opportunity for scammers.

The latest student loan scam is an email about student loan forgiveness coming in stimulus relief legislation.

Separating scammers from legitimate student loan companies can be difficult.

One of the latest student loan scams involves letters by mail. It has certain information to make it look legitimate, but it isn’t.

Student loan consolidation is a legitimate process, but calls advertising consolidation services are often scams.

If you have fallen for a student loan scam, acting quickly to fix the issue is essential.

Sometimes the most simple student loan scams are the ones that hurt the most borrowers.