Apparently I’m the last one to figure this out, but that’s the norm these days.
NEWSFLASH:
FreeCreditReport.com is not free. In fact it costs $15 a month. The company behind the service is now forced to alter there catchy commericals due to the recent crackdown on the credit card and credit industries. Suppliers of these “free” services now have to inlcude “This is not the free credit report provided for by Federal law” in all tv and radio advertisements. They must also now inform consumers that the only free credit report service is AnnualCreditReport.com.
I’ve never been in search of a credit report service, but it’s a real shame that people didn’t do further investigating when looking for a free report. If they hadn’t been drawn in by FreeCreditReport.com’s catchy jingles, they could have easily found the free alternative. So for catchy jingles, FreeCreditReport.com gets a thumbs up. But for scamming consumers out of millions, two big thumbs down.
FreeCreditReport.com, The Conservative Journal honors you with the “Honorary Plaque of Fail” because you’re going to have a heck of time developing a well written jingle that includes “15 Dollar a Month credit report dot com” and “This is not the free credit report provided for by Federal law”. Best of luck.
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Thanks for participating!
Rick
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Wow, that’s informative. I’m pretty careful to not fall into scams, and I’m almost positive I’ve used that site before (and don’t remember actually getting charged). Anyways, thanks for passing this along. AnnualCreditReport.com it is for me from now on.