Consumer complaint received 2017-12-27
Product: Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service — Debt settlement
Issue: Fraud or scam — 
Company: Premier Student Loan Center (GA)

In mid XXXX a company called Premier Student Loan Center contacted me and told me about a loan forgiveness program. They stated that this program would forgive all my loans but that I would need to pay them XXXX for four months (XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX) and then just XXXX monthly for 240 months and the rest would be forgiven. They stated that this program was going to be dissolved in XXXX but that anyone who joined now could be grandfathered in. They asked for some paperwork to be signed which cannot now be accessed because the link expired. They changed my fasfa password which I now have changed again. They stated that I would not have a loan payment but that I was to pay them monthly fee to process all the documents needed. I have since found out that this is a scam and a company is not needed to process any documents. I made all four payments of XXXX but have since reported them to my credit card bank and stopped any future payments.

The people that contacted me are as follows:
XXXX@XXXX
XX/XX/XXXX
to me 
Client,
We want to congratulate you, once again, on your enrollment into the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. Dont forget about our referral program! The Department of Education allows us to send a XX/XX/XXXX XXXX CASH card for each person you refer to me & enrolls in a Loan Forgiveness Plan!!!
*THERE I$ NO LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF XXXX CASH CARD$ YOU CAN ACQUIRE*
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POST TO XXXX The easiest way to reach your friends and family members with Federal Student Loans is to copy and paste the information below onto your page:

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
***STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM***
If you owe around XXXX or more in federal student loans and want to get some more information on getting up to XXXX forgiven, the Department of Education & the Federal Government have income-based benefits for you. Call XXXX XXXX @ XXXX and she will help you like she helped me! Make sure to tell her that I referred you. XXXX XXXX
Direct XXXX 
XXXX

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An email was sent by:
XXXX
XXXX XXXX
to me 
Hello XXXX Great News! I would like to inform you we have received your ten day letter from your new servicer and all of your loans were included in the consolidation! We now have 10 days to make any changes to your consolidation if you wish to remove or add loans. After this ten day period is over, your loans with your current servicer will be paid in full and taken over by your new servicer. We are still awaiting for the final approval for the Income Driven Plan which will take another 2-4 weeks. Once I get the final approval I will give you a call and walk you through your new online account! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

 Regards,
XXXX XXXX
PREMIER STUDENT LOAN CENTER
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Toll Free XXXX 
Direct Fax XXXX 
XXXX 
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XXXX XXXX 
XX/XX/XXXX (11 days ago)
to me 
Dear XXXX,
Unfortunately we have been unable to process your payment because the attempts have come back as declined. To prevent the immediate cancellation of your file, we will need to either reschedule the payment or receive updated payment information from you. Please give me a call back as soon as possible so that we can resolve this.
Thank you.
XXXX XXXX XXXX STUDENT LOAN CENTER
Toll Free XXXX        
Fax number XXXX 
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CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information contained in this electronic transmission, and any attachments, may contain CONFIDENTIAL information. The information is intended only for use by the addressee named above. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, dissemination or copying of the contents of the information and any attachments contained in this electronic transmission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended addressee, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message.