AI-Enabled Financial Aid Fraud

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Scammers using AI to enroll fake students in online classes, then steal financial aid

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Scammers use AI chatbots to enroll fake students in online classes, then steal financial aid.

Fake college enrollments have been surging as crime rings deploy “ghost students’ — chatbots that join online classrooms and stay just long enough to collect a financial aid check.

The Education Department introduced a temporary rule requiring students to show colleges a government-issued ID to prove their identity.

The federal government's efforts to verify borrowers' identity could help, Nelson says.

She canceled one before it was paid out, but it was too late to stop a loan of over $5,000 for Delgado Community College in New Orleans .

She recently got the loans taken off her record after two years of effort.

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