Students, Scams and Money: Today, I found out that, after offering to fill out my student...

By ... - 02/01/2012 06:45 - United States

Today, I found out that, after offering to fill out my student aid application for me, my mother sent all of my personal information to a scam site instead. FML

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By thanxguys - 17/03/2010 19:03 - United States

Today, I discovered that when my parents offered to help me pay for college, what they really meant is they would get the forms for me to apply for student loans. FML

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By MochiMomoChan - 17/09/2009 09:32 - United States

Today, I found out I'm on wage garnishment because my mother, who took out a student loan for me back in '05, didn't pay off the $2015 owed when she said she would. I got screwed over financially because of her. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/02/2022 20:00 - United States

Today, I spent many hours applying for many scholarships. When the sites asked for my e-mail, to let me know if I'd won, I gave them my school e-mail, one that I often check. I then come to find out the school doesn't let e-mails from outside the school system be sent or received. Lost thousands of dollars as far as I know. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/12/2015 15:36 - United States - Saint Cloud

Today, I found out that the $200 I reluctantly gave to my mother so she could rent a house was paid to a scammer. Now she wants to live with me, in my one bedroom apartment. FML

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Scammers gonna scam

By Hady - 25/06/2021 00:01

Today, I found out that the $100,000 scholarship I "won" was a scam. I found it on a website. When I won, they asked for a "processing fee" that I begged my brother to let me borrow. The website has vanished into internet wasteland and I have no way of paying back the money. FML

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By FuckedOver - 14/01/2016 14:31 - United States - Houston

Today, I found out my mom took around $2,500 from my savings account to pay off my sister's college tuition. She recently flunked out of her studies and won't be returning to college anyway. FML

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By gdog10122 - 12/01/2013 09:52 - United States

Today, I found out that my dad, thinking it was an advertisement, threw away a letter from the college I applied to. FML

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By ShinedownCM - 23/09/2018 05:00

Today, I went to apply for classes at a college my parents signed me up to do dual credit with. Too bad they used my sister's social security number so I don't get credit for my old classes and my new application got thrown out. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/01/2011 22:52 - United States

Today, my mother came over again to help me work on my Student Aid application. She also brought over the savings bonds that she has been accumulating since I was born to help pay for college. Turns out they won't reach maturity until I'm thirty. She never bothered to check out this fact. I'm screwed for college. FML

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By wdavi022 - 05/01/2011 09:01

Today, I found out my identity was stolen. The person got credit cards in my name and didn't pay the bills, which has ruined my near perfect credit. The worst part about all of this is that I can't turn the person in. It's my mom, and sending her to jail wouldn't really work out for anyone. FML

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fancyclown 9

Monday 2 January 2012 11:55

"But honey, the nice man in the email said I was the lucky visitor!"

ByronJess 17

Monday 2 January 2012 11:54

That's why you always handle that kind of stuff yourself.

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Snafuusmc 12

Monday 2 January 2012 12:14

If you want things done you gotta do it yourself.

ICATiger 13

Monday 2 January 2012 12:17

You are the100'0000 visitor please collect this link to collect your prize!

ICATiger 13

Monday 2 January 2012 12:26

*click............

Britter903 6

Monday 2 January 2012 18:05

*1,000,000

ICATiger 13

Monday 2 January 2012 22:35

Are you following my post so you can correct all my spelling mistakes for me??

gehoy 0

Wednesday 4 January 2012 2:25

-learns how to "collect a link-"

Aiden Stubblefield 9

Monday 7 August 2017 12:48

collect links? ive got to collect em all, collecting all 99.9e+^10*999999999998888899+ links is my quest!

tehrealone 6

Monday 2 January 2012 12:25

Dude shut up go to taco bell

rebelndisguise 3

Monday 2 January 2012 12:29

Was it Fafsa.com instead of Fafsa.ed.gov ?

ICATiger 13

Monday 2 January 2012 12:30

Pretty much

wallygolf 3

Monday 2 January 2012 12:31

Now theres 2 of you out there.

StalinsHeir 1

Monday 2 January 2012 12:42

I gave you thumbs up for adjusting the monocle.

qwertsarecool122 23

Monday 2 January 2012 12:42

Who gives a **** about collage when you will have 1 million dollars!!!

Choonie 1

Monday 2 January 2012 12:48

Lock the doors ;)

astralvagan 20

Monday 2 January 2012 13:01

Sadly, most everyone is right here. But if you hadn't been a lazy ass and done it yourself, more than likely you wouldn't be in this predicament in the first place. Lesson learned.