00:00Students are being urged to think before you click any links sent by the student loans company.
00:06Scammers often target university students this time of year to try and steal their first maintenance loan payment.
00:13This year, students will already be heading off to universities all across the UK for the start of their 2024 and 2025 academic year.
00:24And many of these students are also receiving a maintenance loan, which helps to cover living expenses including rent and food and course related costs.
00:34And they will be getting their first big instalment paid out by the student loans company.
00:40The student loans company is expecting to send around two billion pounds to students over the autumn term.
00:46Last year, the student loan company says it stopped just under three million pounds of maintenance loan payments from being stolen in smishing scams.
00:55And students are being told to look out for scams this year.
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