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Sunday, August 2, 2009

Repair Credit Yourself - Easier Than Credit Repair Companies Want You to Believe

By Jon Baker

How You Can Recognize a Credit Repair Scam

You've probably seen the advertisements in newspapers, on Television, and on the web sites. You can hear them on the radio. You find the ads in your mail box, and maybe even cold calls during dinner, offering credit repair services. They always make these or similar claims:

"Do You have credit problems? No problem!"

"We can delete all your bankruptcies, liens, judgments and repossessions from your credit file for ever!"

We can legally erase bad credit - 100% guaranteed.

Create a completely new credit identity - legally.

It is not too smart to believe these claims: they are many times signs of a scam. Some authorities even state they have never seen a legitimate credit repair company trying to make those claims. In reality there is often not a fast fix for credit and creditworthiness. It is true, however that you can actually improve your credit report legitimately, but it takes quite some time, a persistent effort. And also it is advised that you stick to a personal debt repayment plan.

Here are some warning signs that go along with a Credit Repair Scam

All the time, companies target uninformed consumers who have poor credit histories with promises to clean up their credit report so they can get a car loan, a home mortgage, insurance, or even a job once they pay them a fee for the service. The truth is, these companies cant deliver an improved credit report for you using the tactics they promote. No one can legally remove accurate, but negative information from your credit report. So after you hand them over thousands of dollars in fees, you are often left with the same credit report and someone else has your money.

If you encounter a credit repair offer, here is how to tell if the company or firm behind it is crap:

The service company does not tell you your rights and what you can do for yourself for free.

The firm wants that you refrain from contacting or calling any of the three major national credit reporting agencies directly yourself.

The organization or individual suggests that you try to create a brand new or false credit identity - and then get a completely new credit report - by applying for an EIN number, so that you use that instead of your Social Security number.

The firm wants you to shell out cash for credit repair services before they provide you any services. Under what is called the the Credit Repair Organizations Act, companies and firms that are offering to repair your credit, cannot require you to hand over the money, until they have delivered in full all the services they have promised and advertised. - 21392

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