Scholarships/Financial Aid Information

• Application fees
• Other fees
• Guaranteed winnings
• Everybody is eligible
• We apply on your behalf
• Unsolicited opportunities
• Failure to substantiate awards
• Typing & spelling errors
• No telephone number
• Mail drop for a return address
• Operating out of a residence
• Masquerading as a federal agency
• Claims of a government, Chamber of Commerce or Better Business Bureau
• approval
• Suggesting that they are a non-profit, charitable organization when they are not
• Suggestions of influence with scholarship sponsors
• Time pressure
• Unusual requests for personal information
• Notification by phone
• High success rates
• Excessive hype
• The unclaimed aid myth
• Disguised advertising
• a newly-formed company
• A Florida or California address
• Gives you a runaround or nonspecific information
• Watchwords

For further information on scholarship scams see
www.finaid.org/scholarships/scams.phtml