I attended XXXX College ( a XXXX College ) in XXXX XXXX CA in XX/XX/XXXX and graduated in XX/XX/XXXX.I was told that employment opportunities abounded but I would be required to agree to financial aid with Genesis Lending Financial because I did n't have the funds to pay for the course through the Department of Education or my own personal finances. I gave them my life savings of {$4000.00}. I was told that I would n't have to pay anything back until after they assisted me with employment. I was pulled out of class several times and told that if I did n't pay on the loans I could not complete the courses. Genesis Lending started to call me regarding payments and I told them that I was not employed and could not pay the amount that was requested. They offered a temporary forbarence payment but I was told that the amount of the loan would continue to increase over time. I had to continue to make payments on the loans during the course of the program even though I had been told that I did n't have to start payments until after graduation. I was constantly harrassed and threatened by this lender during the time I attended XXXX College and the financial aid department at the school shared an active role in the practice and I was never informed of the high default rates of these loans or the fact that this type of loan was a private loan and not funded by the Department of Education. This predatory lender has taken advantage of me as a low income unemployed person over XXXX years of age.