Free Credit Report Site?

[Douger]

What's a credit card

 

[Zoom-boing]

I've encountered what you have, GT. I can get a credit report for free but getting a credit score requires payment. I thought I heard that was something that was going to change, from one of the mega-paged bills that have recently passed? Could be wrong on that though . . . .

 

[froggy]

UPDATE: I got my free yearly report, which is required by law to allow. https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp

No SCORE though, which is basically what I need. friggin A.

You put your SSN online with your address, and people wonder why there's so much identy thief.

 

[froggy]

UPDATE: I got my free yearly report, which is required by law to allow. https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp

No SCORE though, which is basically what I need. friggin A.

You put your SSN online with your address, and people wonder why there's so much identy thief.

If you knew a lick about PC Security, you wouldn't be such a fairy.

Tell it to the victims who thought like you do.

 

[Epsilon Delta]

Ben Stein and some sort of small furry animal has told me to use Free Score Credit Report on the TV. He even said you could "Save More, with Free Score!"

Free Credit Score and Credit Report - Get All 3 Scores for Free | FreeScore.com

I don't have a credit score, so I couldn't use it. Maybe you will find it useful.

 

[Epsilon Delta]

That requires cc #.

Oh well, sorry. I figured if Ben Stein was on TV with a small furry animal telling me about it, it was legit enough.

 

[hortysir]

The only real way to get a free report is to request it directly from one of the big 3 reporting agencies.
You can get 1 per year or if you've been denied credit because of what's on the reporting agency's report, you have 30 days to request a copy of that agency's report.

A trick my mom taught me to clean it up a bit:
When you get your report you can write companies listed on it and ask for proof of the debt. If no response in 30 days, they must remove it from your report.
I used to do this to erase 2 or 3 a year. haven;t done it in a while.

I searched while I was replying and found this to better explain the process.
Proof of Debt and Debt Collectors: The First Step to Restore your Good Credit Rating

Any request should be in written form and mailed via certified return receipt through the local US Postal Service.......
......... Upon receipt of a request for debt validation, the debt collector has 30 days to provide the consumer with the information requested. Verification must include documentation from the original creditor, a printout of the account is not sufficient.
If the debt collector fails to provide this information they must discontinue collection efforts and are prohibited from reporting said debt to the credit report bureaus.

 

[blu]

this is verified to work, I have my whole family do it once a year:

1) go to freecreditreport.com (with the annoying commericials)
2) enter in your info, INCLUDING your CC info in the form
3) get your scores and full reports
4) call the next day to cancel your account ( keep all your emails from them)

they will *only* charge if you keep teh account open 30 days and don't cancel
so cancel the next business day after getting the report and you will be fine, no charge guarenteed. I have had this done tens of times w/ family members

 

[hortysir]

I did exactly that and spent 2 months going through dispute resolution before getting my cc credited back.
Just a word of caution

 

[JBeukema]

Why is it these companies are allowed to collect all your information and distribute it, but you can't see what they're doing?

We should have free access to their records on us at any time we want it.

Not to mention the underlying issue of these companies collecting your information in the first place...

 

[RadiomanATL]

Quizzle.com

CreditKarma.com


They'll ask some info (not CC#'s), and try to sell you products, but you can just say "no". Each one only pulls their info from one of the credit reporting companies though, but at least they're different companies. This way you can get an idea of what range your credit is in.