Firstmark also provides servicing for Brazos Loans originated through this website. Log in to view your account information. 4:22-cv-03188, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. In a refinance, the new lender pays off the old debt, and the borrower repays the new lender according to a new loan contract. They never disclosed that to me. the plaintiff argues "any and all electronic fund transfers" conducted by Firstmark Services were in violation of the EFTA and RFDCPA in that she never provided the company with . PLEASE HELP, I too am being raped by Nelnet. Cases involving insurance agreements (subrogations, indemnifications, etc. My payments continue and I wont be eligible for the federal loan forgiveness. MY PROBLEM WITH NELNET IS THEY LABELED MY LOAN AS PRIVATE AND NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANYTHING. I would also like to be in the lawsuit list, I have been using Nelnet to pay my student loan and I cant log in for couple months and they stopped sending monthly statement(?) Mind you, this loan was originally with Navient. No way I wouldnt have qualified for federal student loans. Finally last year in 2019 I contacted Fed Student Loan, and was told about the PSLF had to be through them and I had lost those years (7) toward the PSLF, I was lied to by Nelnet. They are not government based loans. I am very disappointed with the corrupt system of education. They took over loans without asking permission and have never disclosed that they arent federal. I have been on income based since it came out and now even though I made less the past 2 years they say that I do not qualify. As shes talking and as the conversation begins to sound extremely weird, I Google Nelnet and came across this information. Need loan forgiveness since they are private. Nelnet wants $24000.00 from me and Ive paid like 5 grand 3X on what was originally a $4400.00 loan from salliemae. CommonBond intends to conduct its daily operations in an equal and fair manner with customers and Third Parties alike. Im not saying they shouldnt own debts, but they shouldnt be able to service their own product. Is this why they also bought my consolidated loan from Sally Mae and separated them into 9 different loans, causing my credit score to drop 100 points? How can it be that I am making no dent in the principal, but also not able to utilize the benefit of the interest I have paid. Ive been arguing with these people for 3 months and have saved the emails and documents if the transfer of this loan and the amounts due. He was told by an employee that he could make partial payments and that would be put on the back end of his loan three months later he was notified that he was delinquent. She allegedly financed her tuition through Nelnet, eventually earning her Juris Doctor degree from the, in the U.S., according to the Student Borrower Protection Center. Same boat my initial loan was for 14k. I have Nelnet as well-I have had student loans for over 15 years now. I have assumed that my loans were federally backed. I could never find this Asia person again to make the payment to pay ot off. Pay by phone: Call 888-538-7378 to make payments over the phone. They did that to me for over 7 years until I realize they were not the department of Education. The President, at that time, had promised loan forgiveness to non-profit employment, but the date was changed later to after I took out my loan. The clerk is directed to add Ms. Myrick's email address to the docket as follows: Myrick_tashay@yahoo.com. Nelnet refused to look at the origin of my loans. I have Nelnet Loans as well and would like to be added to this Class Action Suit. I found out in 2020 they were private loans (loans starting with D or J) and not associated with the department of education. I gave up awhile ago. I got a good paying job in 2018. Not very happy! The relief they offered was your gonna pay for 2011 to 2013 period. Current COVID student loan payment assistance, the loans dont qualify! If you're a Firstmark Services customer, you can contact it by email at customer.service@firstmarkservices.com. At one time, Great Lakes was also reporting. This browser does not support PDFs. In 2020 a CARES act grant benefit did initiate to suspended payments. Candy S. Add me all of my student loans are now owned by Nelnet. M-F 7 a.m. - I cant believe this. Please help! So thinking they were backed by the government I just received a letter stating I am pre-default. I have nelnet loan Thank you My account begins with J and I too was mislead various times by NelNet. The payment therefore is being paid by him which is making him responsible. I did not realize they were not until the CARES Act came out. I did not consent to my loans being transmuted to non-Federal. I have a nelnet student loan tooI want in!! Account D. I am very much interested in being part of this class action suit due to misrepresentation bc when I contacted them to try and resolve the issue originally and after filing my Chapter 7 bankruptcy they talked circles around me telling me this and that. Quality technology and services our clients can trust. They are charging me all the way they the pandemic. I am 62, still working although not in good physical health and still owe over $20,000 on school loans. Firstmark Services has complaints from borrowers who have difficulty getting their accounts closed. Box 82522. I would like to be considered for loan forgiveness. I would like to speak to an attorney. The private student loan market has less transparency, fewer mechanisms for oversight, and a smaller scale of substantive protections for borrowers than other areas of consumer finance, the report from the Student Borrower Protection Center claims. When I applied to have my loans forgiven I was told that they were not the right kind of loans? My student loans are also through nelnet. I owe $173,000+ and have a couple nice degrees hanging on my wall but no job! So it has been increasing in interest since 1989!! status of any class action settlement claim. I too have loans from NelNet and was led to believe they were federal student loans by the Dpt. 8:20-cv-02135-MSS-TGW, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. I would like to participate in the lawsuit. I have a student loan with Firstmark Services, a division of Nelnet. Also, Remington college lied about their placement numbers and was keeping peoples grant money. Most focused on issues dealing with the . This is so wrong. I need out !! Student loans! that would get rid of my largest debt. Firstmark Services Solutions . Firstmark Services offers responsive, seamless service that is personalized to meet your company's individual needs. What can I do? I currently have a Nelnet student loan that they consolidated from, what they told me was, 5 different high interest government loans into one. Please add me to this lawsuit!!! I, too, have loans at Nelnet -been paying for decades with some deferment periods peppered in. Original loan being $7,000 with interest almost $20,000!! The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. I took a screenshot of my log-in page today and it says Official Servicer of Federal Student Aid. So why isnt it subject to the CARES act? I filed a complaint with BBB and will file a complaint federally too. (nsf, ) (Entered: 10/11/2022), DocketCLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. Ive been with Nelnet for a long time now and also thought my loans were federally protected. But this practice of ignorance by Nelnet agents, providing misinformation (deliberately or because of undertraining), and not being transparent with borrowers is so wrong. I was scammed into transferring my Parent Plus Loan over to Nelnet through a company which whom I paid $1,200 in fees too who assured me that my loan would be placed into a forgiveness program after making extremely low monthly payments to Nelnet instead after my payment plan was over I was told by Nelnet that I didnt qualify for loan forgiveness based on my income which has also caused my payments to be $150 hiigher than my previous loan servicer payments. I too have Nelnet loans and I am not understanding how my loans went from 50,000 to over 94,000. They keep adding reports to my credit and not sure how I owe close to 2000 one month and the next slightly lower. I will never pay this debt off at this rate. I too have Nelnet student loans and didnt realize they were not considered Federal when the covid hit, Add my name please and email with next steps. I swore he was wrong until he sent me this link. And the login is StudentAid.gov They deceived and took advantage of him and millions of other people. I was mislead as well and thought my loan was federally held. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. My husband and I are both on Social Security Disability. It should be serviced by another company. And the amount they say is owed is ridiculously, absurd! Please add me to the class action. Nelnet I have, and I am just shockced. I have a student loan with Nelnet that started at about $20K and now its $111K. Not towards other borrowers. your claim status, claim form or questions about when payments are And Remington College. Actions does not process claims and we cannot advise you on the I found out my loans were not federal when I inquired about the COVID-19 relief. We thought my sons consolidated loans were federal loans. Ive been complaining about my loan with Nelnet for years. I would like to be considered for loan forgiveness. Almost a year later after making payments, which if you remember, I was on an idp and that is $0-$50 monthly, I get a letter in the mail from the DOE and 3 of the 4 loans are sent to them and are in default. I literally cant buy a home or anything because of them on my credit report reporting monthly. Was led to believe my loans were federal loans thru the Department of Education. I could only defer payment while accruing interest. It was there that I discovered my federal stafford loans were considered private because they were issued through a private lender prior to 2008. I had no idea when I refinanced with Nelnet that I would not be eligible for teacher forgiveness nor public service forgiveness. What is going on with this lawsuit? How can Nelnet determine if a person is disabled? I am now retired and on SSI. And Im from Wisconsin so I probably couldnt join anyway. Just telling me that I am stuck paying an extra 11-12,000 of interest on top of my loan amount. Now, I am told my loans are private! All that seems to matter is what letter appears before my loan number. I started out with direct loans and FFEL loans and nelnet took over. Unlike Nelnet, Firstmark services only private student loans . I too was under the impression my loans were backed by the federal government. If not, I see an attorney here and start my own. Correspondence: Firstmark Services, P.O. This countries education system is BS. They didnt reach out to me to offer me relief. Thats almost 25k extra and would have been more if not for the Cares Act. I was also told that they would be forgiven after 25 years. And yes they are prefixed with the letter D. I am in Alabama. Nelnet account holder didnt know it wasnt affiliated with Fed Loan/federally backed loan ($780 pp loan a.month) until this last year, when Cares didnt apply.. infact my $151 payment is going up to $449 I also thought mine were federal loans until covid hit and quickly found out they are not. She allegedly financed her tuition through Nelnet, eventually earning her Juris Doctor degree from the Stetson University College of Law. My loan started with a D. I also have Nelnet student loans. Defendant's reply is due by 11/22/2022. This is exactly what I have been going through with my Nelnet loans. I even bought my first modest home to escape soaring rent rates. Now theyre saying its not this time. All my payments have gone only to interest. . I want in. I typed my email wrong above! We are funding commercial disputes for access to justice. expected to be mailed out. Isner-Monticello says shes a licensed attorney living in Florida. They failed to process my paper work for a disability discharge. Wait, my loan wasnt backed by the federal government? I have nelnet consolidation of school loans. 05/10/2021. Please contact me. Vallejo, William v. Trans Union, LLC et al, Hyntelx LLC v. Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. et al. I was forced to take a TPD Discharge. Arlet Dale says: October 7, 2022 at 4:00 am. Thats news to me!! It has been a federal loan for 20 years. As I recall it was a Stafford student loan. How can I get in on this lawsuit? Started with Sallie Mae, sold to ACS, then Nelnet. I thought my husband was just paying the loan down while the government put a hold on them because of Covid. My name is Kimberly Barden and I have subsidized and unsubsidized loans through Nelnet that I thought were through the US Board of Education or Federal loans. The lifetime education interrupted my studies and I was influenced with misleading loan information. Please add me to the class action lawsuit against NelNet. Very dishonest company. I do feel I was misled. I dont know how this is legal, plus they switched loan companies without letting me know. Im now supporting US Armed Forces daily. of Ed/Nelnet. The plaintiffs in the case say representatives from Nelnet misled them to believe their Nelnet loans were backed by the federal government but in fact were not. This company is straight from hell. Before the Court is a motion to compel arbitration by defendant Firstmark Services ("Firstmark"). His Signature! Closed school, original loan $2500. Very unhappy is an understatement. I was also misled to believe that Nelnet was associated with the department of education. Nelnet took over my student loans from Great Lakes a few years ago without my knowledge and all its been was a hassle ever since. Clearly, the language involved in the voicemail is inaccurate, as the United States Department of Education has no involvement with the Plaintiffs Student Loans, the plaintiff said. I have a nelnet loan and for the past 15 plus years have paid the same amount every month on the same day all the time reviewing my payment history I have discovered that some months they keep more interest and apply less towards the principal. If there is a class action suit? I got very upset because I ahve FEDERAL Stafford loans. From $40,000 to $33,000. One day they had purchased my loan from the Department of Education without my consent. The financial aid dpt of the school I attended, pushed the maximum amount of the loans on me. 48 likes. Now years later, Im learning I deceived. The representative gave me misinformation and when I asked for the name of the representative I was speaking with, they refused. I have been paying for 18 years due to a deferment all my payments all go to interest none to principal, this will never end I feel like Im paying to a loan shark. Ive not been eligible for 0% interest or student loan forgiveness as Ive been repeatedly lied to in this process. That says a lot as to how the payments are used towards interest first and then principal. I dont know what to do about this and need help. Long story short: my request was granted and my loans were ungrouped from three groups into 8. For federal finanical aid, students are cut-off when they borrow $57,000. Id be interested in joining the case against them. I had it with this Student Loan servicer and if anything I want to sue them by being a part of this class action suit. (nsf, ) (Entered: 10/11/2022), CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. Getting out of private student loans can be painful, but with some thought and some patience and persistence along with some strategic planning, it is a task that can be accomplished. I thought they were federal this entire time. I have nelnet loans that have been reported late when actually enrolled in school. Last April, I too learned that I was ineligible for the CARES in regards to student loans. Please add me to the Nelnet Class Action Lawsuit list, I thought they were federally backed. I was under impression that they were affiliated with Federal in this financial matter whole time. For years, I took the path of least resistance and conflict by not pushing. My student loan is being transferred from Great Lakes to NelNet,Im very concerned. If you do not agree with these terms, then do not use our website and/or services. But will we get justice?? Yes, I have two Nelnet loans and I have been misled. Required fields are marked *. So if they are not really federal then we can default. I was never given a clear answer about my loans and then when I asked about forgiveness, I was told that I would have to refinance my loans and start over which was about 4 years ago when I thought I was on track all along for forgiveness. I am a school teacher who has taught 30+ years looking at retirement with student loan debt. A pathetic sham. I chose Nelnet because I thought they were federally backed and I would qualify to take the parent plus loans and move them to my daughter. Why is a company that manages student loans helping with these circumstances to discharge? Please add me. I dont know how they aquired my loan. I have for Private non profit agencies providing educational services to low income families. I was never given any document as to what my loan bal.was or accrued interest just a statement showing amount garnished. What can be done about it now? I borrowed the money to pay it. 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