<p>Hello everyone, I just received a letter for my daughter from the College Financial Advisory program. This is some of the letter's contents:</p>
<pre><code> ...Students who did not qualify for federal student aid (Pell Grants, FSEOG, or Work-Study), or students who need additional financial aid should apply to other existing Financial aid programs. Federal, state, local and nationwide merit and need-based financial aid is available to students regardless of their academic performance or family income. These funds are not loans so they do not have to be repaid...Submit the enclosed Student Aid Profile Form (SAPF) to proceed with the 2010-2011 College Financial Advisory (CFA) student aid program and apply for the maximum merit and need-based financial aid programs...
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<p>There is form to fill out and submit with a $59 processing fee that is supposedly refunded if the student doesn't qualify or receive financial aid money. The form does not ask for social security numbers but does list the school attended, which in our case was the school my daughter transfered from and no longer attends. I would have mailed this thing back without a second thought had the fee had been only $10 or so, but $59 is a lot of money so I started to look into it. I now believe it to be a scam! For one, check out where their website leads you to - <a href="http://www.collegefindadv.org%5B/url%5D">www.collegefindadv.org</a> - basically it doesn't exist! </p>
<p>Please beware of any financial aid organizations asking for money to give you aid!</p>