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Scholarship scam targeting college students on the rise

Summary by WBBJ TV
JACKSON, Tenn. — A rising scam is targeting current and future college students. Finding different ways to help pay for college is always a popular activity this time of year. Scammers are looking to take advantage of those individuals. Toddnetta Trice, with the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, tells us what these scammers are doing. “The scammer will pose as a financial aid representative, using words like national and federal to sound …
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WBBJ TV broke the news in on Monday, July 7, 2025.
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