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[[Category:Businesses]][[Collegiate Funding Services]] appears to be a loan company marketing primarily to college students.
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==Review==
 
This company sends out bulk mail, addressed to college students, which is phrased and designed in such a way that it may easily be mistaken for an official notice regarding an existing student loan. It is, however, an offer of "loan consolidation".
 
This company sends out bulk mail, addressed to college students, which is phrased and designed in such a way that it may easily be mistaken for an official notice regarding an existing student loan. It is, however, an offer of "loan consolidation".
  
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'''Rating''': avoid
 
'''Rating''': avoid
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--[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 16:58 EDT, 16 Sep 2005
 
==Contact Information==
 
==Contact Information==
 
: [[Collegiate Funding Services]]
 
: [[Collegiate Funding Services]]
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To stop receiving offers (according to the mailing):
 
To stop receiving offers (according to the mailing):
 
: 1-888-5-OPT-OUT (this may or may not be a genuine opt-out line)
 
: 1-888-5-OPT-OUT (this may or may not be a genuine opt-out line)
No mailing address given.
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No mailing address is given, but a [[whois]] on cfsstudentloan.com gives the following:
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:Collegiate Funding Services, LLC. ... mnicholas@cfsloans.com
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:100 Riverside Parkway
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:Fredericksburg, VA 22406 US
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:540-374-1600 fax: 540-374-1981
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A [[whois]] on cfsloans.com gives the following (as does cfsloan.com, with differences as shown):
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:Nicholas, Mark ... mnicholas@cfsloans.com
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:Collegiate Funding Services, LLC.
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:10304 Spotsylvania Avenue
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:Suite 100
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:Fredericksburg, VA 22408 US
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:540-374-1600 x 5416 fax: 540-368-5964
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:Updated Date: 31-oct-2005
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:Creation Date: 27-apr-1999
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* cfsloan.com:
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*:Updated Date: 31-oct-2005
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*:Creation Date: 28-apr-1999
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The cfsstudentloan.com web site redirects to a page on http://www.realworldloan.com/; a whois on realworldloan.com gives the same information as above, except:
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:Updated Date: 31-oct-2005
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:Creation Date: 05-may-1999

Revision as of 21:24, 7 November 2005

Collegiate Funding Services appears to be a loan company marketing primarily to college students.

Review

This company sends out bulk mail, addressed to college students, which is phrased and designed in such a way that it may easily be mistaken for an official notice regarding an existing student loan. It is, however, an offer of "loan consolidation".

I don't know how their service compares to others of the same type, but this marketing tactic is slimy.

Rating: avoid

--Woozle 16:58 EDT, 16 Sep 2005

Contact Information

Collegiate Funding Services
Student Loan Department
1-866-478-0311 (Mon-Sat 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 pm ET)
http://www.cfsstudentloan.com

To stop receiving offers (according to the mailing):

1-888-5-OPT-OUT (this may or may not be a genuine opt-out line)

No mailing address is given, but a whois on cfsstudentloan.com gives the following:

Collegiate Funding Services, LLC. ... mnicholas@cfsloans.com
100 Riverside Parkway
Fredericksburg, VA 22406 US
540-374-1600 fax: 540-374-1981

A whois on cfsloans.com gives the following (as does cfsloan.com, with differences as shown):

Nicholas, Mark ... mnicholas@cfsloans.com
Collegiate Funding Services, LLC.
10304 Spotsylvania Avenue
Suite 100
Fredericksburg, VA 22408 US
540-374-1600 x 5416 fax: 540-368-5964
Updated Date: 31-oct-2005
Creation Date: 27-apr-1999
  • cfsloan.com:
    Updated Date: 31-oct-2005
    Creation Date: 28-apr-1999


The cfsstudentloan.com web site redirects to a page on http://www.realworldloan.com/; a whois on realworldloan.com gives the same information as above, except:

Updated Date: 31-oct-2005
Creation Date: 05-may-1999