ProPublica: 'Obama Mom' grant ads scam students

[alp227]

Bogus ads for “Obama Mom” grants have been luring students to provide personal information online. Then, for-profit schools that buy that information barrage them with recruiting phone calls, a Pro Publica investigation has found.

The “Obama Mom” grants, which have shown up on Facebook and elswhere on the web, are a scam. ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news service, quoted U.S. Department of Education Officials who said the grants don’t exist.

A single mother quoted in the article clicked on an ad that turned up in her e-mail, claiming President Barack Obama had created the special program for single mothers.

After she entered her personal information, including her name, age and information about the degree she wanted, a number of for-profit schools began calling, including the University of Phoenix, Kaplan University, Grand Canyon University and others.

Read more: http://www.annarbor.com/news/propublica-obama-mom-grant-ads-scam-students/

"Obama had created the special program for single mothers"...hmm I think I can trace the conspiracy behind this scam to Free Republic or Andrew Breitbart. Because that tone sounds a bit racist (black president, many single mothers are black) if you know what I mean, as well as intending to instigate class warfare (Obama is liberal, liberals are lazy welfare eaters, that's why there are single mothers).

[AnnieBW]

1. Quelle Surprise...

Yeah, that one didn't pass the smell test.