Sunday, November 3, 2013

How They Are Robbing Consumers Blind - Credit Repair Service Scams

By Frank Miller


If you're interested in repairing your credit then you need to start by examining your personal credit file held by each of the major credit reporting bureaus (TransUnion, Equifax and Experian). Then, identify any accounts that contain information that could be considered adverse.

Don't be fooled by credit repair services that contact you with hard-sell tactics, unbelievable promises and outlandish fees. There are several big-time scams underway in the United States fooling consumers into paying big bucks to have their credit report cleared. Be wary of credit repair services claiming that they are "in" with the credit bureaus, have some sort of special arrangement or know a secret tactic to make credit reporting agencies delete bad credit reports from your file.

Start making improvements today and decide that from this day forward you will have better credit. Credit that will allow you to purchase a new home or product, whatever your goal may be. Be sure to check with credit repair companies but do your due diligence. Check them out. Ask for references. Check around for pricing and ask them point blank, just how they will do credit repair in 48 hours.

Another bogus line some Credit Repair Services use to hook you is; "we can convince the creditor you don't really owe this debt." They come with a scheme to have you challenge the debt and then attack the debt holder with procedural requests that will allegedly make them drop the bad claim off of your credit report. Although there are legitimate ways to compel a debt holder to prove disputed debts, this is not an effective method and consumers rarely see any long term results from using this type of credit repair service scheme.

How much time do you have? Depending on your current situation maybe you have three years to repair your credit. However if you're trying to make a big change in a year or less you're going to need all the help you can get.

Long term credit repair is a process, not usually a one shot fix of getting credit repair in 48 hours. So, trying to repair your credit yourself can be frustrating. Credit repair is simply something best left to a credit expert. You can do SOME of it yourself, if you have the time and knowledge but unless you know exactly what you are doing you will not have the results professionals can provide.




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