A free credit report

by Gayla Baer

Here’s a great tip on getting the REAL Free credit report…

After hearing so many ID theft horror stories, you’re nervous. What about those free credit reports you see advertised? Deal?

STOP! Here’s what you won’t see in a commercial: Under federal law, each of the major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion) must give you one free credit report a year. The only place to get them is AnnualCreditReport.com.

And what about the offers you’ve seen on TV and the Web? These kinds of sites (among them, FreeCreditReport.com and FreeCreditProfile.com) are hawking credit monitoring services. You’ll have to sign up to get your “free” report, and if you don’t cancel within 30 days, you’ll be charged $10 to $13 a month.

Unless you’ve been a victim of identity theft, you don’t need to pay for a monitoring service.
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{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }

Mike August 11, 2008 at 4:03 am

It’s sad most people don’t know this… and end up getting scammed. Identity theft sucks and can be a pain to recover from.

Helen November 5, 2008 at 12:13 am
Thomas Richards December 11, 2008 at 2:03 pm

Good post, but have you thought about the reason of such free credit report?

Louis Price May 25, 2010 at 7:06 pm

i am not a fan of having credits and getting credits cards.’,”

Ryan Martinez July 13, 2010 at 2:02 am

i had a bad credit score last year but i was able to fix it now.~`*

Nathan Rodriguez July 23, 2010 at 5:04 am

identity theft is rampant both in online and offline settings. better be careful’..

Natalie White October 10, 2010 at 5:25 pm

as much as possible i also mantain a good credit record so that i can do business transactions with ease*-;

Granulated Sugar : October 22, 2010 at 6:51 pm

we can’t avoid to have some credit on banks or from other people, there are just times that we are short of money:,-

Outdoor Rugs December 12, 2010 at 6:39 pm

we may always need to do some credit specially if we weant to invest on something :.”

NdYAG Laser December 16, 2010 at 6:36 am

on the internet, identity theft is a very common scam so always protect your personal info ,:*

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