Scammers are looking to take advantage of student loan borrowers who are eager to have their debts canceled, the government warns.
No sooner had President Biden announced the plan to cancel federal student loan debts for millions and scammers were already looking to take advantage.– No sooner had President Joe Biden announced the plan to cancel federal student loan debts for millions, and scammers were already looking to take advantage.
“Within hours of the announcement, we were getting reports from our customers that they were getting scam phone calls,” said Zulfiker Ramzan, chief scientist with Aura, a digital security company. He said the most common scheme they are seeing offers to walk someone through the process to get their money.
“Another one is people were getting targeted and asked, ‘Hey, if you want to skip ahead in the line, we can help you get your money first,’” Ramzan said.The Federal Trade Commission warns borrowers to beware of fraudulent calls, emails and text messages. They say you don’t need to pay anybody to sign up for the new program or the extended pause in payments, and nobody can get you in early or guarantee eligibility.The program isn’t even up and running yet. The U.S.
The program forgives up to $10,000 in federal loan debt and up to $20,000 for those with Pell grants as long as income requirements are met.
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