Just got this in the mail is this a scam?

[stpauligirl]

Letter goes like this:

You have been selected by the USA Scholarship Services to receive this offer to apply for 2006/2007 Nursing scholarship program.

After som blah blah blah it says that Every year USA provides assistance to about 250 Nursing students. In 2006 aobut 300 students are expected to benefit from the shcolarship programs.

More blah blah

There is a 25.00 processing fee on all 2006/2007 applicants.

This is from USA Scholarship Services

Scholarship Program

for Nursing Students

address of somewhere in Washington, DC

It smells like a scam....what do you all think?

[Fun2, BSN, RN]

Fun2Care,

What's wrong with your guestbook on your web site? I tried to write a comment and it won't let me. It tells me that there has been an "Internal Error".

Mave.

I was getting too much spam on it to keep them deleted during the holidays & study for this Algebra class. (IT WAS BADDDDD!)

I'll put it back on, then after this class is over, I'm going to change it to a different guestbook. I think most of the spam comes from scripts....not even people visiting the site. grrrrrrr

There......it's back online for now. :) I'll work with it after Friday to try to fight the spammers!

[sarcasmo]

Hi there,

I just got one of these in the mail today, and was looking for some info on it. I googled it several different ways because it just didn't seem right to me. The only information I was able to find was here....you all seemed to have the same suspicions I did, so I have shredded it. In the process of googling....i discovered many different sites that offer scholarship information for no charge. Hmmmmm.....

anyway, thanks for confirming my suspicions...good minds think alike, right?

[caliotter3]

Recall something in the media not very long ago about scams dealing with scholarship services. The TV stations around my neck of the woods love to point out scams on their consumer action segments. These spots are entertaining as well as informative. I am wary of anything I get in the mail offering me anything. I don't remember any of the details about the scam scholarship companies, except, of course, that the people who fell for the scams were out lots of money and nothing could be done to remedy the situation.

[lisabeth]

I have gotten a couple of things like that, but I did just what you did... shread them.

[AuntieRN]

Yup financial aid and scholarships should be free.....there should not be any processing fee or any other kind of fee for applying. I am glad you did not send them the money too