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For parents of high school students, SAT scores are a huge deal, with college admissions and scholarships on the line. Paying tutors are a form of preparation, but scammers are also lurking about and tricking parents into paying for bogus SAT prep materials.
Here’s how it can work: you get an unsolicited call from a person claiming to be from the College Board, the company responsible for SAT tests, or another educational organization.
“They’re telling them that if they pay, they can get CDs, videos, some other things like books – the prep materials that the child can use to study before they actually go for their test,” said Tammy Ward at the Better Business Bureau in Pensacola. She adds that many schools offer SAT materials free of charge, with some holding classes.
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The checks and direct deposits are going out for the new, $600 COVID relief payments, with more possible from the new Biden administration. And that means scammers are not too far behind.
“It doesn’t take long for something to come out in the public that scammer’s going to take advantage of it and try to get money out of somebody who is just trying to get by,” said Tammy Ward at the Better Business Bureau in Pensacola.
As always, there are myriad versions of this con, the most popular appearing to be the standard phone calls and emails with text messages gaining in popularity.