(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- For parents and students the importance of SAT and ACT scores are very real, but the call from the College Board may be fake.
Scammers love to strike at times when pressures and emotions are high. With college admissions and scholarships on the line, fraudsters are tricking parents into paying for bogus preparation materials.
It often starts as an unsolicited call from a person claiming to be from the College Board or someone representing the actual tests.
The calls sound really authentic, but there's a catch. The caller needs you to pay a deposit for the materials. They claim it will be refunded when the materials are returned after a set number of days.
Unfortunately, if you provide your address and credit card details, the materials will never arrive, and your deposit will never be refunded.
The moral of the story is always be wary of unsolicited callers.
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