<p>THANKS!! callmon. No apology is needed because the topic is about the unscrupulous who would victimize the vulnerable by pretending to help them. Your examples to illustrate this were apropos. Rather than being oversensitive about supposed slaps at students/institutions, we need to cultivate a community outrage against these unethical "services." Thanks for sharing your research. </p>
<p>I had already concluded what you exposed without doing a whois and was curious if anyone had been taken in by them or their ilk and had specific experiences to share. </p>
<p>I also wanted to draw attention to the topic of college and scholarship/grant search "services." What I would like to see is a well qualified list of internet resources for students and parents. These resources should be critiqued and rated and the unscrupulouts should be exposed as callmom did so effectively. As a resource critique example, I do not like it when such a service has a link to a commercial outfits offering student loans. That's not what we are looking for because I believe young adults should not have to start out in life with a mountain of debt when there are lots of other ways to finance their education. </p>
<p>Ultimately, what we need is a list of good resources based on the constructive feedback of communities like this. And a list of websites to avoid because of their questionable practices. I think this matches the charter of this forum.</p>