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title: Student Loan Forgiveness? Or Spam?
description: What happens when phishing takes the form of a legitimate case like student debt?
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# [Student Loan Forgiveness? Or Spam?](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/student-loan-forgiveness-or-spam)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Fri | Oct 14, 2016 | 7:00 AM Z

What happens when phishing takes the form of a legitimate case like student debt?

[Tripwire Explains:](http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/latest-security-news/scammers-using-student-loan-forgiveness-spam-to-distribute-ascesso-malware/)

> Scammers are sending out student loan forgiveness spam mail in an effort to distribute Ascesso malware to unsuspecting users.
> 
> Fraudsters have launched various spam runs to capitalize on the plight of American college graduates who collectively [owe more than $1.3 trillion (and counting)](http://www.marketwatch.com/story/every-second-americans-get-buried-under-another-3055-in-student-loan-debt-2015-06-10) in student debt.
> 
> One such campaign from “Student Help” offers to assist recipients with their student loans.
> 
> To add a touch of legitimacy, the spam mail frames itself as a response to an inquiry the user allegedly made into student loan forgiveness sometime in the past.

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