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Credit Reports -- Your Free Report Could Set You Back

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The increasing prevalence of credit repair credit identity theft and increased concern about good financial health has led many customers to get copies of these credit reports online. Doing this is...

Category: Battle Royale - Rating: G - Genres:  - Characters:  - Published: 2012/12/18 - Updated: 2012/12/18 - 487 words

The increasing prevalence of credit repair credit identity theft and increased concern about good financial health has led many customers to get copies of these credit reports online. Doing this is obviously laudable; the more you know about how lenders and prospective creditors see you, the more prepared you can be in regards time to utilize for that loan or credit. An added advantage is that people can get one copy of their credit record from all the three main credit bureaus once a year through the state Website create for such purposes at AnnualCreditReport.com.

Unfortuitously, there are still many Internet sites which exist for the only purpose of deceiving consumers who are seeking copies of their free accounts. A quick Google search for the word "free credit report" today turned up no under twenty-four million websites in the search results. There undoubtedly aren't twenty four million The websites that are going to give copies of credit reports for free, so what is this exactly about?

It's about money. Aside from the credit repair credit site, the others exist to profit, and they could profit in another of two different ways:

Offer you something - Some of these sites actually belong to the credit bureaus; they've set them as much as give the credit report to you while selling something else to you for the time being. These websites can provide the "free" report in big letters, while telling you in smaller ones that by taking the report you're agreeing to purchase a monitoring service, which can cost you $10-15 per month. The credit bureau-owned websites will also tell you that you could possibly get your report free of charge at the "official" site. That's usually stated in fairly small print near the bottom of the site.

Steal something from you - Unfortunately, there remain many dishonest criminals out there on the Internet who begin to see the curiosity about credit reports because the perfect way to steal personal information from people. Their sites can provide a "free" statement, and perhaps some other services that you can pay. However when you fill out the applying and offer your name, Social Security number and credit card, you get nothing in exchange. As an alternative, the employees of these sites use the personal data to borrow money and sign up for credit in your name, leaving one to pay the bills.

If all you want credit repair guaranteed is really a free credit report, the best way to avoid this dilemma is always to get it from the state Web site at AnnualCreditReport.com. Instead, it is possible to call 1-877-322-8228 to get your report by mail. That way, you can don't be victimized by the a large number of Those sites that could cause you to pay dearly for your "free" credit history.
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