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Fake student loan debt offers proliferate as federal government rolls back enforcement

A teacher in Wisconsin recently got a call with an intriguing offer: a promise to have 80 percent of her federal student loans forgiven — for a fee. The teacher, Lauren, owes about $60,000 in debt more than a decade after graduation, so she was more than happy to hear the company out.  Lauren

By The Hechinger Report

Fake student loan debt offers proliferate as federal government rolls back enforcement

A teacher in Wisconsin recently got a call with an intriguing offer: a promise to have 80 percent of her federal student loans forgiven — for a fee

The teacher, Lauren, owes about $60,000 in debt more than a decade after graduation, so she was more than happy to hear the company out.  Lauren