As the January student finance instalment approaches, the Student Loans Company (SLC) is issuing a reminder to all students to be vigilant against scams as they await the next payment of their maintenance loans.
Scammers will try to trick students into giving away personal and financial information by sending fake emails (phishing) and texts (smishing), or calling and pretending to be from SLC, Student Finance England (SFE), or other legitimate organisations, ahead of the January payment dates.
SLC will never ask students to provide their personal or financial information via email or text message. If a student receives a suspicious message, they should email it to
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