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Credit Repair Scams

14th March 2006

?Erase Bad Debt !?

?Remove Negative Items From Your Credit Report?

You?ve probably seen these headlines and others just like it promising to clean up or ?fix? bad credit. For someone who suffers from a bad or poor credit rating, these headlines are certainly an appealing offer.

Imagine finally being able to buy that new car, get debt collectors off your back, and enjoy a new found freedom from your past debts.

Sound to good to be true ? It probably is. Once you fall prey to the credit repair offer and pay the hefty fees involved to clean up your record, here?s what happens:

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Credit repair basics

14th March 2006

Have you ordered your credit report? Remember by September 1, 2005 every state will be required to allow you to one free credit report each year. If you are denied credit for any reason you are entitled a free credit report. Under any other circumstances you will have to order one.

If you have ordered your free report, have you looked through to make sure everything is correct? If it isn’t then this is the article you need to read.

How to report a credit error:

Each credit bureau needs to be contacted. One bureau may have the correct information while the other two are wrong. By contacting each credit bureau you eliminate the hassle of having to do the process again when you find out that you didn’t do it right the first time.

When writing to the credit bureaus, address one mistake at a time. If you report more than one mistake the credit bureaus can, legally, say you are filing a frivilous report and do nothing about it. Keep your letters down to one mistake and one mistake only. Yes, this may take some time to get through all the mistakes, Read the rest of this entry »

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Your Guide to Credit Repair Services

14th March 2006

There are many people today that are in great need of having their credit repaired. There can be

many reasons why people need there credit repaired. Some people have bad credit due to medical

bills. Some people just made poor spending decisions. Some people were victims of credit fraud.

Some people just had no idea there was even a problem with their credit until they tried to apply

for something. Whatever the reasons may be, they need help repairing their credit. This is why

they need the help of credit repair services. If you are not sure what credit repair services are,

then let this be your guide to credit repair services.

Credit repair services are not free. This is because many things are involved in repairing your

credit. This includes monitoring of your credit reports, changing inaccuracies, removing bills

that have been paid that show up on your credit, etc. It also involves being in constant contact

with the credit reporting agencies: Experian, Trans Union, and Exquifax.

Credit repair is very time consuming, this is why also why credit repair services must charge a

fee. The fee will vary depending on where you go for you credit repair services. Some credit

repair services offer a free 30 day trial. Some offer guarantees of free credit Read the rest of this entry »

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