Student Loans And Identity Theft: What To Do If Someone Took Out Loans In Your Name

You are ready to go back to school and so you go to apply for a student loan with the best rate.

The problem?

Someone already took out student loans in your name and now you, the real you, cannot take out any more money for school.

Education is expensive enough when you take out loans on your own! 

And now you have to deal with a mess somebody made when you were not looking?

Unfortunately, student loan identity theft is a real problem that happens and continues to happen. It's hard to prevent because so much personal information about you is already "out there".

Let's talk about what you can do to prevent this from happening in the first place and what you can do if you find out someone took out student loans in your name.