‘Ghost’ students are hijacking millions from colleges—and locking real human students out of classes

fortune.com/2025/06/12/ghost-students-hijacking-millions-colleges-fafsa-department-education-financial-aid

Scammers disguised as thousands of fake students are flooding colleges across the U.S. with enrollment applications. The “students” are registering under stolen or fabricated identities, getting accepted to schools, and then vanishing with financial aid and college-minted email addresses…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-06-12 11:27:00.
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