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freecreditreport.com may have catchy commercials but it isn’t free

Posted by Trevor in under other on Mar 28th, 2008 | View Comments |

Those dirty bastards behind freecreditreport.com, whoever they are, are slick. I’ll give them that. When I hear that guy singing about his posse’s legs sticking to the vinyl in his cheap car I can’t get the stupid song out of my head.

The truth though, is that freecreditreport.com is a scam. The irony is that freecreditreport.com claims it will protect you from being scammed. I suppose that if you are the sort of person who would hire a criminal to protect you from other criminals then freecreditreport.com is a good choice. Just remember it isn’t free.

The company uses false advertising to get you to do a “free” check on your credit and then robs you of $12.95 a month and hopes you won’t pay careful attention to your bank or credit card statement. The company will try and pressure you when you call to cancel the monthly charge. They don’t want to let go of that money for nothing.

The charge on your bill will look like this:

22 DEC

CIC*Triple Advantage 877-4816825 CA

12.95

I’ve had this company rip me off twice now. The first time was my own fault and the second time I’m not even sure how they decided it was OK to start billing me again. I’m sure they are working on new and more insidious ways to steal a few more dollars out of my account. Experian owns this little ripoff business. If you ever have the chance to avoid doing business with the company, I would encourage it.

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Ripped Baby

I read all small fonts on the site I could before using FreeCreditReport.com and only agreet to pay one time fee. They have been charging me 15bucks for past 12 months. I got ripped for the service I never received. I cant imagine how such a scam can go on and on and on and there is nobody to stop them? I see their ad 15 times on just one channel the same evening. They are minting money for hardly any service! There is just no way to stop these scammers?

Trevor

I always get suspicious when I hear the word free because it is always a lie.

kitanis

Actually if people would pay attention to the adds and the frequency of those adds on their television set.. that should be the first warning on on how much this company could rip you off.

I am not saying your a sucker Trevor. But the costs of television adverstising is at a level that even I get suspecious when I see the word free on television.. the next question I ask is.. whats the catch and how much is that catch?