I have a student loan with Firstmark Services, a division of Nelnet. For myself it more about the principal.Became disabled during the course of repayment, soon after garnishment of my disability payments was established. Act to pay down debt on my student loans by directing all payments to individual loans rather than spread it across all 8 loans without interest penalty. I filled out FAFSA to get a federally funded student loan had no idea that it wasnt even though my loan was sold to several lenders over the years. Also thought I was on a federal plan that would be counted towards loan forgiveness! Then delta mgmt tells me it came from ascendium, ascendium tells me it came from navient. The next agent told me someone would have to get back to me while they looked into it. They always refer back to the last time I recertified for IBR. 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. Ive been going through Nelnet. My loans were consolidated to Nelnet and I dont believe I was given a choice. Also, Remington college lied about their placement numbers and was keeping peoples grant money. Were open Agree! I mean, I even received a pell grant! 8 p.m., Central. This has been a monkey on my back for years. I am on a IBR plan which is only paying interest.. (ak, ) (Entered: 10/11/2022), DocketCASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Martha M. Pacold. I have never missed a payment for 18 years very little has come off my principle. Firstmark Services offers responsive, seamless service that is personalized to meet your company's individual needs. Case assignment: Random assignment. Nelnet I have, and I am just shockced. Please add me to the Nelnet Class Action Lawsuit list, I thought they were federally backed. They are charging me all the way they the pandemic. All of my student loan are nelnet which drop my credit score drastically during the care act. The deal settles allegations over private loans 'doomed to fail' The bulk of the relief the $1.7 billion in canceled private debt relates to allegations brought by multiple state . Please add me to the class action. Case assignment: Random assignment. Same thing with me. I definitely was misled from day one. Please add me as wellThank you. I was confused and felt like I had no real options. I was a teacher in a low-income area and teaching special education for 7 years when I start requesting an application for service/ teacher loan forgiveness program. Please add me to class action. My loan was also transferred without my knowledge. Please add me to this. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION FOR MANY YEARS THAT THESE WERE FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS. I think they say I am paid ahead until sometime in 2023. Now my credit dropped so significantly, I cannot get a loan or a credit card. Nelnet has been scamming me for years now. How do you get through to Nelnet that he is TPD as we have contacted them multiple times with no resolution. Please include me in the class action/. On June 12, 2020, I again asked a Nelnet service agent who owns my loans. I was misled by Nelnet.I was led to believe that my loans were backed by the federal government and It is not. I gave up awhile ago. 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. I have Nelnet and this is getting ridiculous. I never got a job in my field and i have small children so i havent been back to work in a few years. I live in Punta Gorda, Florida, so I hope I can be included in this class-action lawsuit. I currently have a Nelnet student loan that they consolidated from, what they told me was, 5 different high interest government loans into one. Unfortunately I have completely given up hope of ever repaying these loans. Big question is why are these service agents either undereducated or directly told to give misinformation? document.getElementById( "ak_js_5" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); @2023 Top Class Actions. They are as guilty as Navient in deceiving borrowers. Quality technology and services our clients can trust. Im 73 and my loan was around 40000 I have paid that plus 60000i interest and still owe 40000. All of you guys, you have a right to know who exactly owns your loans. Ssa sent a letter stating i have?had no med. I tried for several years. I dont remember ever being given any choice about who I wanted to have service my loans. They never said it had to be consolidated with FED Student Loan. Been told its backed by the Department of Education. That college was shut down because of bad practices in 2001. I will be once again calling them and If I cannot get these loans out of forbearance I will be filing my own lawsuit. The lifetime education interrupted my studies and I was influenced with misleading loan information. Add my name to the class action! I have been paying for >10years and still owe more than when I started payments. Please It never fails to mislead a potential learner to where they are burden with financial hardship. I would like to know more, my husband has Nelnet loan that were GreatLakes before they were switched over to Nelnet. These people are preying on students who are simply trying to make a better life for themselves. I thought nelnet was a federal loan too. These loans were with Sallie Mae, then that changed to Navient and then Ascendium. They are thieves supported and protected by our government count me in please. This company never lets you talk to anybody when you call, and they just tell you this is the only option and if it dont work will turn you over to collections. How do I join the class action lawsuit. Nelnet added 8k to my loans due when they took over my federal loans in 2022. The Biden administration extended student loan relief to 9/30/21 with 0% interest and no payments. My payments continue and I wont be eligible for the federal loan forgiveness. I recently applied for a student loan forgiveness as I definitely qualified under the guidelines. The clerk is directed to add Ms. Myrick's email address to the docket as follows: Myrick_tashay@yahoo.com. I had to procure a personal loan from a family member to payoff Nelnet and pay my family a more affordable monthly payment, even with the repayment plan, it was very hard to pay back. Im very interested in joining this action. Current COVID student loan payment assistance, the loans dont qualify! I have Nelnet as well-I have had student loans for over 15 years now. No degree and nothing to show for it except a debt for something I never received!!!! I was led to believe that Nelnet was federally funded and because of my disabilities, I would be eligible for loan forgiveness through them, I recently a letter now stating Im not qualified cause of my loan. For instance, Wells Fargo exited the student loan business in 2021, and all existing loans were transferred to Firstmark Services. My loan amount is much smaller than those who proceed my comment. With internet at home this past year, any question I had, I looked up immediately. My loans have tripled in the amount owed, when I took put the loans on 1994. I didnt even know I had Nelnet until it was too late. . I thought Nelnet was part of Department of Education. I would like to be added y to o the case. To my surprise, I was now extremely late in my payments and was being sent to collections. If not direct me to someone that can help in alabama. Each month my loan does not get lower because of how they decide to apply interest and principal. Started with Sallie Mae, sold to ACS, then Nelnet. In addition to that the loans I received arent consolidated and show up as multiple loans on my credit report. My Loans were way before I got Married. 8:20-cv-02135-MSS-TGW, . Im 5 years from retirement and over $97,000 in debt with these loans. They told me that I dont qualify. My original loan began repayment in 1997. Nelnet faces a class action lawsuit alleging the lender falsely represented affiliation with the U.S. Department of Education, violating federal and state debt collection laws in regards to student loans. I do not hold loans with nenet but I too have been their victim. Since President Biden is giving those who qualify a chance for educational loan forgiveness $10,000 to 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. What can I do? That says a lot as to how the payments are used towards interest first and then principal. count me in. I never realized it was a private loan until I kept gaining interest on the loans, even after the government stopped the interest and payments due to Covid. I have been paying for years. They deceived and took advantage of him and millions of other people. I learned otherwise today! Yes I was told that it was connected to the Federal loan program. It saddens me to know that education gives false hope to success and leaves one to be oppressed. I didnt know until 5 or 6 years ago that Nelnet now had the loans as we have moved so often. How is it legal for any student loan servicer to own the very student loans it is servicing? After I made the 120th payment and submitted the correct documentation Nelnet told me that my loans were not consolidated under the right direct loan program. The plaintiff claims defendants left her to believe the Nelnet student loans were federally held. I was lead to believe through my original loan servicer Great Lakes, who sold my loans to Nelnet in 2019, that my loans were held by the federal government. Im reading all these comments and its sad that Nelnet has been scamming people and changing loan statutes!!! Make it make sense! If not, I see an attorney here and start my own. of ED/Nelnet. My tax preparer said Nelnet is charging 3 times the interest than what it should be that I need to report them! (rao, ) (Entered: 11/17/2022), (#28) CERTIFICATE of Service by Roisin Heather Bell on behalf of Firstmark Services, LLC, Nelnet Education Loan Funding, LLC regarding MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM by Defendants Firstmark Services, LLC, Nelnet Education Loan Funding, LLC #26 , notification of affiliates pursuant to local rule 3.2 #25 , attorney appearance #24 , attorney appearance #23 , memorandum in support of motion #27 (Bell, Roisin) (Entered: 11/17/2022), (#26) MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM by Defendants Firstmark Services, LLC, Nelnet Education Loan Funding, LLC (Bell, Roisin) (Entered: 11/17/2022), (#25) NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Firstmark Services, LLC, Nelnet Education Loan Funding, LLC (Bell, Roisin) (Entered: 11/17/2022), Outline for the Initial Joint Status Report, (#4) MAILED notice of removal letter to plaintiff. I have a netlnet student loan that started when I went to Lincoln tech . If someone could reach out to me with some information, I would appreciate that. Phone: 888.538.7378. Idk who these people are even and they cant give me specifics about my loan, ie original amount, what year, what college, etc, they just say it was from delta management. that was calling me. Because it was a complete scam and my eyes. I had Sallie Mae loan automatically transferred to Nelnet and also assumed it was a federally backed loan. Finally, one place to get all the court documents we need. 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. Or your state ombudsmen. 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. Count me in!! They didnt reach out to me to offer me relief. I thought my husband was just paying the loan down while the government put a hold on them because of Covid. I also have a nelnet student loan. They are a Black Hole. So if they are not really federal then we can default. Is there also a class action suit in Illinois? Box 82522. I apparently dont qualify to do that now and this payment rivals my mortgage. Yep, nelnet some how own my loans. You cant get blood from a turnip and my household Bills are way more important. I will never be able to get from under this. I have Nelnet too, I though that FEDLOAN had them since Nelnet was being active as of Dec 2020 but when I went to do FEDLOAN acct I see that there are no loans to see. Im not saying they shouldnt own debts, but they shouldnt be able to service their own product. I thought my Nelnet loans qualified for student loan forgiveness. In 2001 I sold my account to Nelnet (their Servicers were not discussed). I dont know how to put these somewhere else. Longest story short, I graduated in 2007 w approx ~ $240,000 borrowed in student loans, (which today exceeds total in excess of $330,000+++) according to all dirty tricks and forever-changing calculations continually figured by Nelnet & others, etc.). Also tried to get in an idr plan and was misled into a payment that was twice what I pay now. I did not realize they were not until the CARES Act came out. I would like to join as well. Scared to death we will default, have wages garnishment, have the Florida and US DOE after us. But I couldnt talk to agents at the same time as I was online. Time and again I had received messages, emails, calls and paperwork touting the US Department of Education backed loans, not private. I reside in Los Angeles. They dont give you an option. 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. We have faithfully paid on this loan for well over 10 years. As such, I too have most certainly also experienced each, every, and all above mentioned problems w Nelnet loan servicer; (NAVIENT is EVEN WORSE FYI). Log in to view your account information. Im also having pretty much the same issues with Nelnet, During the start of the pandemic, my loans were placed on deferment from March through December 2020. 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(?) I have $15,000 outstanding since 2014 and was told I had to get a loan to continue studies for my Bachelors. Please contact me regarding this loan. Now we find out they are not federally backed when they lead us to believe that all along. raised over $1.2 billion for a fund focused on control buy-out investments in middle market . I really feel like I have been duped. (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. I am a school teacher who has taught 30+ years looking at retirement with student loan debt. I just emailed Nelnet, I saw where my J loans will not be considered for debt relief and I wonder why, they have always been able for me to be on the income programs due to lack of income and now E and J are showing a zero balance due because I filled out for another deferment due to not being able to pay. I was mislead by Nelnet as well. When I consolidated my loans when Nelnet took over my loan from ACS years ago, I wasnt told I had the wrong type of loan and I didnt know that my loan was not a federal loan. I was with Moehela then Great Lakes and Now Nelnet. Please add me. 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