Scammers compound the problem of student loan debt

Debt Relief (Photo credit: LendingMemo)

Companies reportedly claim to be representing a (fictitious) Obama debt-relief program, taking advantage of strapped former students for whom higher ed was not the solution but a part of the problem.
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Pitch-Debt-Relief-The/148003/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

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