The government will restart collection of defaulted student loan payments Monday.
The move ends a nearly five-year-long pause on payments for 5 million Americans that started during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Department of Education is urging borrowers who defaulted on their loans to start making monthly payments or sign up for a loan program; if not, their wages could be garnished.
Experts urged people to be careful and to watch out for student loan related scams.
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