800-848-0981

direct loan financial aid debt collection

Called on a number that was never given out

automated recording claims to be from the Fed. Dept of Edu.
Questionable trolling for social security numbers claiming
to be looking for student loan information. DO NOT return these
automated calls, they are for suckers designed to rob your
SS# and other identification.

Called twice on my cell phone on Sat 8/11/07. I nor anyone else I know have student loans. Told them to erase my # and not call again. Less than 15 minutes later they called again looking for a "Benjamin" again told them to delete this number and not call again.

Got the call voice mail about 5 pm.  She left part of an automated message.
Listened to the message and went to the web site, www.dl.ed.gov.
(Looks pretty official.)

I then googled the phone number and found this web page.
In looking at the above web site, I see now it is a phishing site: ?
https://www.dlssonline.com/borrower/BorrowerWelcomePage.jsp

Though with https and the elaborate set of pages, perhaps this has all
been outsourced.  :-)

called and repeated (for 5 minutes same msg-using worse grammer every repeat).....very rude and strange sounding....

www.dl.ed.gov. <----this site is an official site not a phishing site. the number is for direct student loans.

returned phone call, a little nervous. Gave them some of my info.(that was before I saw this site and I use to have loans. But I have since long paid them off many years ago.) I hope this doesn't back fire but thinking about it now I don't think I would have done the same if i had to do it again. Definietly second guess.

its legit... pay your bills!

Erase it. Don't even give them the satisfaction that you are curious. Legitimate companies will send written notices for non-payment.
Ignore it.

got call asking for my hubby  tolf thrm they had wrong number and the lady said she'd remove number--i know that we owe nothing to loan  esp student loan  my hubby retired disabled veteran  63 years old  lol

Called my work number (not given to Direct Loans) on a Saturday morning, & said I needed to call back urgently regarding my Direct Loan payments.  I have no outstanding payments, so I checked the number and Google gave me this page.  I had just signed up for the Do Not Call List last week, too...

UPDATE:
I checked this out, and it is a legit number for Direct Loans.  Unfortunately, it is an automated system that is not so reliable.  My call was regarding loans for someone who used to have my phone number.  I asked to have the number removed, and am told that it was.  

RECOMMENDATION:  Call the number, when they ask for your SSN just tell them you received the call in error, don't have any loans, and would like to have the number removed from their system.  If you do have loans, check your account online and set it to email you when there's an important notice or bill.

i keep getting phone calls from this number and i have no ideal what they want. they keep asking for someone i dont know at insane hours. they have become extremely stressful after i have told them repeatedly i have no clue who they are talking about. They will not stop calling... at times 10 times within an hour. i just got this cell phone number and though they said they removed it they continue to call. i call the number back, they hang up. so somethings got to give. i don't even have any loans of any kind. i'm on a Scholarship!!!!. i just want them to stop calling me because i dont know steve but i really wish he would pay his bills.

They are legit... Settle whatever issues you have them. And they do send written notices as well..

i got the same messages and my loan has been paid off for over a year. i wouldn't give the guy my "account number" and asked if he understood why. he said no, just give me the account number. i told him he could look it up by my name and he looked something up. he asked for my address which i didn't give to him and then said he had it (but the dumb fuc*er had a hard time reading it) he then said they would leave me alone.

will they? how freaky.

called at 8:42pm.  Third call today

Received call from this number 2008/01/23 around 4:30PM EST. Call was an automated message from "United States Department of Education". The message asked to "Please call us for some important information" at 1-800-848-0981, or visit http://www.dl.ed.gov.

The website just asks for a login, which I don't have (it's been 10 years since I've had a valid Federal Financial Aid PIN), so I called the number. They asked for my SSN (no, thanks), then offered to look it up by name. They couldn't find any record of me.

I requested that they remove my phone number from their calling list, and they (purportedly) obliged.

Received call from this number 2008/01/29 around 10:30AM EST. Call was an automated message from "United States Department of Education". The message asked to "Please call us for some important information" at 1-800-848-0981, or visit http://www.dl.ed.gov.

This is a fraud - Suggest you send copy of the calls dialogue to your U.S. Congressman and your U.S. Senator's offices every time you get this type of call. Maybe when these government officals receive enough annoying calls from their constituents they'll get off their you know whats and act to stop this phishing expedition and public fraud.

Direct Loan Servicing Center
Borrower Services Department
P.O. Box 5609
Greenville, TX 75403-5609
Payment Address

U.S. Department of Education
Direct Loan Payment Center
P.O. BOX 530260
Atlanta, GA 30353-0260

https://www.dlssonline.com/borrower/BorrowerWelcomePage.jsp