Financial Aid Scam

If you’ve been to college or have a child attending, then you know how the financial aid process can quickly seem confusing and overwhelming. So paying someone to help you, seems like a nice idea, but as News Channel 5’s Natalie North found out, it will only hurt instead of help.

Audra Seymour is looking forward to starting her college career at UL-Laffayette in the fall, but right now she is finishing up her senior year at Pineville High. And just like her friends, she has been applying for college scholarships and financial aid. But a financial aid offer she received raised some questions.

Audra says, “well I got this letter in the mail for scholarships and stuff, because everyone is looking for a way to make college cheaper.” Audra had already finished the application process, so she showed her mom the letter out of concern.

“But it’s funny because my mom is a registrar and she knew this was a fraud. It alarmed me because I knew that FASFA was the official thing and this says SAPF, and I was like that’s not right,” added Audra.

The letter looked like an official government document with a watermark and letterhead – but after a little digging herself, Teresa Seymour learned that her daughter Audra wasn’t the only senior who was contacted.

http://www.kalb.com/story/17408819/financial-aid-scam – Video