AES/PHEAA Complaint: Dealing with my lender or servicer

#1408437 5 Jun 2015

Student loan Non-federal student loan

Complaint #1408437 submitted on 06/05/2015 relating to AES/PHEAA. Complaint relates to Student loan Non-federal student loan - Dealing with my lender or servicer Received bad information about my loan.

Complaint was submitted via Web and sent to the company on Friday 5th June 2015.

Narrative (may be redacted).

Hi I am a co-signer on XXXX of my daughter 's student loans which is 'managed ' by American Educations Services of XXXX , PA ( XXXX ). Her loan became delinquent and, as a cosigner, they began collection proceedings on the account including phone calls and letters directed toward myself. That is fine, however the problem is they somehow entered an erroneous social security number for me in their system. In order to create an account and even look at balances, past due amount etc, in other words to be provided with a full disclosure of the debt they are holding me responsible for, a social security number is required. Thus I am in a strange and very unfair predicament where they are taking collection actions against me, including a threat to report the delinquent status to the major credit bureaus, but I have no access to the loan details! As far as I know there are laws against collection activity without full disclosure concerning the debt in question! I 've called multiple times and was told I have to send a photocopy of my social security card in order for them to update their records. They will not simply update it with information provided via phone call despite a lengthy identity verification Q & A - as if, in the age of digital photo editing, an image is any more secure?? So XXXX I sent a photocopy to the email address they provided, but they claim never having received it. Every time I call they place me on hold for XXXX min while 'researching ' the problem. I asked if they could simply supply an email address where I could send the photocopy, while on the phone with them, so I would know if they received it. they indicate for some reason they ca n't receive e-mail directly or something to that effect, and that request too is denied. so here again I 'm placed in an impossible situation! they ask me to send the photocopy to an email address, but refuse to provide me any confirmation they 've received it! Attempts to work with American Educational Services and resolve this problem have proven very time consuming. During that time, the loan status is continually ageing but I do n't have access to the necessary information in order to check the loan status, see when payments are due, for what amount, etc. I 've tried working with them to resolve the issue for approaching two months but the situation still drags on. I do n't have any recourse other than maybe hiring a lawyer but it is financially prohibitive.

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