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Ima Johnson asked:




Finding a company that is legitimately offering an annual credit report can be sometimes overwhelming. With the number of companies and websites offering a free credit report statement, how will one know whether they’re legitimate, and how can one distinguish a scam website?

You have to be careful about choosing a company offering credit report statements. Just for the benefit of the doubt, there are various “phishing companies” out there that “claim” they do offer an annual credit report, yet, what they only do is gather your information and mislead you by asking your personal details.

These Companies Are The Ones That You Should Beware Of:

Companies and websites “claiming” that they offer an annual free credit report will just use your personal information and sell them to third party websites. Furthermore, what would they do with it? Of course, they will sell. Once that someone has got hold of your personal information, you would be soon become a victim of identity theft.

This is where the big problem comes in. Most often, these companies would suddenly stop operating when the time comes that they have reached numerous amounts of personal contact information and sell it to third parties to use it for identity theft. This is something that the government has been trying to avoid – but, as of today, no matter how strict the government agencies are, there are still some smart guys that trick various people and be their nth identity theft victim.

Please do not be easily tricked, and it is your responsibility to choose wisely. Finding a legitimate company offering free credit report statements can be easily done by simply doing your researching and by taking your time. Patience is an important characteristic at this point in time – do not be easily bored, and do not simply give in to some flowering words that these scam sites may be offering to you.

It is best if you verify the name of the company first from your local government, and check to see if that company really exists. If you have seen some fraud reports regarding the company, immediately remove them from your list, and proceed with your search until you have found a genuine website.

Remember, do not be tricked and fooled – you have to think twice, and make a wise decision before you even decide to give your personal details to other companies. Make sure that you fully trust that company offering annual financial reports.

Bruce

Tim Gorman asked:




Credit reports can be a bit of a balancing act. On one hand they need you to take out credit so that they (the big three credit reporting agencies) can see that you have a good payment history otherwise they have nothing to base a credit report on. But if you take out too much different credit too quickly then they can see you as being a bad risk for their clients thereby preventing you from obtaining a good credit ranking and possibly favorable credit terms on future purchases.

The trick is if you are looking for credit, whatever it is for, then only apply for the credit that you really want. Don’t apply for many different products so you have a better chance of one of them accepting you. Of course, it can be difficult trying to determine just how long do credit inquiries stay on a credit report and when you can start applying for purchases requiring credit again without it adversely affecting your credit history.

Although you may want to know and may routinely ask yourself “how long do credit inquiries stay on a credit report” for perfectly good reasons it is not always easy to get a straight answer to the question. Credit report companies can be very secretive about exactly how they compile their reports for very good reasons and are unlikely to give you any real help, information or guidance even if you are trying to find out why you have been refused by a merchant for credit.

For a general guideline as to how long do credit inquiries stay on a credit reports, it is usually safe to estimate about 2 years. And if you have been refused credit because of this it is usually a good idea to wait for about 6 additional months before applying again for another loan. Even if you have been applying for credit cards and are now looking for a mortgage the credit card applications will appear on your credit report for the mortgage company.

The best way to make sure that the credit check companies do not see you as having too many applications for loans is to not apply for more than one or two things at a time. That way they may see each application as separate and you will not look like someone who is just applying for a lot of different products or credit at the same time. Of course if you get refused for the loan you are looking for then you are free to always apply to different loan and credit agency or company. Just remember, it is not usually a good idea to apply for too many at the same time. This way your credit is much more likely to be looked at favorably by the credit report company.

Judy

domonique asked:


Where can I go to get a free credit report from all 3 credit report companies?

Ruth