Warning! SAT Scam: Don't Flunk Out of Your Money

-

 

Parents, Put Down the Credit Card and Back Away Slowly

Attention, parents of stressed-out high school juniors and seniors: if you receive a phone call promising exclusive SAT prep materials for a small (totally refundable, pinky-promise) deposit, congratulations! 

You’ve just been targeted by the latest scam that’s sneakier than a student trying to hide a cheat sheet in their calculator cover.

The con artists behind this scam are preying on desperate parents who just want their kids to get into a school that isn't their basement. 

Armed with just enough personal information to sound convincing, these scammers claim to be from the College Board—you know, the people who actually run the SAT and definitely don’t call you for money like a long-lost relative in "financial distress."

The Scam Playbook: How You Get Schooled

  1. The Call of Doom 📞 – A very official-sounding voice (probably coming from a guy in his pajamas) rings you up and insists your child requested SAT prep materials. And what kind of parent would deny their child an academic future, hmm?

  2. The Fake Fee Fiasco 💸 – They assure you that these top-secret, Ivy-League-certified prep books are yours for a small deposit—only a couple hundred bucks! Don’t worry, you’ll get it back… right after they disappear into the abyss.

  3. The Vanishing Act 🎩 – You excitedly await your kid’s magical SAT-boosting materials… that never arrive. What does arrive, however, is an unwelcome surprise in the form of mystery charges on your credit card and the slow realization that your wallet just got scammed harder than a freshman buying fake concert tickets!

How to Pass This Pop Quiz in Parenting

✅ Verify Before You Buy – Before handing over your hard-earned cash, ask your kid if they actually signed up for SAT materials. (Spoiler: They probably didn’t.)

✅ Remember: The College Board Is Not a Telemarketer – The real College Board doesn’t call people demanding payments. They’re too busy writing incomprehensible math problems and making teenagers cry.

✅ Credit Cards Over Cash – If you somehow do fall for this academic ambush, using a credit card gives you a fighting chance to reverse the charges. Your debit card, on the other hand, offers about as much protection as a soggy Scantron.


Final Grade: Scam 101

Let’s be real—preparing for the SAT is stressful enough without scammers swooping in like predatory college recruiters promising “easy admissions.” 

So, if someone calls you claiming to have the golden ticket to a perfect SAT score, just remember: the only real way to prepare is good old-fashioned studying (or strategically guessing on multiple-choice questions).

Stay safe, stay skeptical, and if all else fails—just tell them your kid is taking the ACT instead.

Please support my writing by donating $1 at https://ko-fi.com/wilchard1102

 

 

#SATScam 

#CollegeHustle

 #ScamAlert 

#TestTakingTerrors 

#DontFlunkYourWallet 

#FakePrepRealTheft 

#SATNotScam 

#HighSchoolHustle 

#Fraud101 

#StaySharp

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Please Help Find These Forgotten Girls Held at Male Juvenile Prison for Over a Year!

-
Image
  MY MOST IMPORTANT STORY  Dozens of Forgotten Little Girls Held at Male Juvenile Prison for Over a Year! Welcome to the Sunshine State, where the palm trees sway, the alligators lurk, and the legislative process makes Kafka look like a life coach!  Florida House Bill HB21 . Not just a compensation bill but possibly a 20 million dollar "Stay out of Jail Free" card for some folks. This is a bill that does some good—but also trips over its own shoelaces, falls down a staircase, and lands on a historical oversight so big, it might as well have its own zip code! An oversight that overlooks what I consider to be its most vulnerable victims! The Setup: Justice with a Catch HB21 was enacted on July 1, 2024 to compensate victims of abuse from two male juvenile detention facilities located in Florida, Dozier and Okeechobee.  It says, “Hey, survivors of abuse between 1940 and 1975, here’s some compensation for the horrific things you endured!” Sounds good, right? Like a...
Read more

Here's A New HOA Rule Dictating What You Can Do Inside Your Home

-
Image
HOA Overreach: When Your Own Home Isn’t Really Your Own The joys of homeownership—the American dream!  That magical place where you can paint the walls any color you like, blast your music (within reason), and enjoy the simple pleasure of—wait, never mind..... Turns out, your HOA might have something to say about what you do inside your own four walls. Case in point: A longtime homeowner, who has peacefully lived in his residence for 25 years, was blindsided when his HOA suddenly banned smoking inside individual homes.  That’s right—after a quarter-century of no issues, he was informed that lighting up indoors was no longer an option.  The new rule, passed at the HOA’s annual meeting by a majority vote, now restricts smoking to a designated outdoor area. Now, while some might see this as a health-conscious decision, the homeowner—whose wife is a smoker—sees it as an unfair overreach.  In a letter to a local publication, he expressed frustration, writing, “I’ve live...
Read more

Postal Police Stuck Behind ‘Keep Out’ Signs While Mailmen Face Muggers: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!!

-
Image
As crime against letter carriers surges, one would think that America’s armed, uniformed Postal Police might be hitting the streets to protect our mail.  Instead, they’re still glued to their post office entrances like sentries guarding Fort Frownmore.  Why?  Because since 2020, the Postmaster General decreed they must “protect postal property” only—meaning, they currently serve as glorified lobby bouncers rather than actual roaming guardians of the mailstream. “ They’re robbing letter carriers, they’re sticking a gun in a letter carrier’s face and they’re demanding arrow keys, ” laments Frank Albergo , president of the National Postal Police Union and a Postal Police Officer himself.  An "arrow key" in the context of the Post Office is a specialized, universal key that postal workers use to access various locked mail receptacles, including collection boxes, apartment mailboxes, and cluster boxes. Albergo isn’t exaggerating—research shows over 100 physical assaul...
Read more