'You can get thousands of pounds in overpayments refunded by pressing just one button'

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Anyone who went to university could be owed hundreds or even thousands of pounds in overpayments. I was, and to my surprise, was able to claim money back by pressing one simple button.

When I heard Martin Lewis urging all former students still paying back their student loans to check if they were due a refund, I initially didn't hold out much hope that I would be eligible.

Even after an investigation last year, which found that over a million former students had wrongly overpaid their loans, I automatically assumed I wouldn't be one of them. READ MORE Man who saved £5k in four years shares 'Coca Cola bottle' method he used to do it There are a number of reasons why people overpaid their student loans.

One is that former students have been repaying loans despite not earning enough in the tax year. Another is that you may be on the wrong student loan repayment plan, have started paying it off too early or have already paid it off and unwittingly still paying it.