Help!!!!

<p>Has anyone ever heard of the "Educational Assistance Council". The "College Aid Application". They are asking me to pay a (requried) $44.95 processing fee. I think this is a scam, has anyone ever heard of this or participated?</p>

<p>never heard of it, but there's plenty of free information on the web. why risk it?</p>

<p>Semi-scam:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A46942-2003Aug11&notFound=true%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A46942-2003Aug11&notFound=true&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>