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| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Businesses]][[Collegiate Funding Services]] appears to be a loan company marketing primarily to college students. |
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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== | ||
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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) | ||
| − | + | One mailing (September, 2005) had no mailing address; another mailing received on 2006-06-10 had this addresss: | |
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| + | :P.O. Box 96139 | ||
| + | :Washington, DC 20066 | ||
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| + | A [[whois]] on cfsstudentloan.com (September, 2005) returned the following: | ||
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| + | :Collegiate Funding Services, LLC. ... mnicholas@cfsloans.com | ||
| + | :100 Riverside Parkway | ||
| + | :Fredericksburg, VA 22406 US | ||
| + | :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): | ||
| + | :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 | ||
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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: | ||
| + | :Updated Date: 31-oct-2005 | ||
| + | :Creation Date: 05-may-1999 | ||
Latest revision as of 12:21, 11 June 2006
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)
One mailing (September, 2005) had no mailing address; another mailing received on 2006-06-10 had this addresss:
- P.O. Box 96139
- Washington, DC 20066
A whois on cfsstudentloan.com (September, 2005) returned 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