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9.13.06 5:23 PM EDT By consumerist.com
This month marks the one year anniversary of Congress granting consumers the right to one free credit report per year. You can get yours at AnnualCreditReport.com. Anyone else, including and especially FreeCreditReport, run by none other than credit reporting company Experian, asking for money, is a ripoff.
“Don’t Fall For FreeCreditReport.Com” [The Red Tape Chronicles]
(Thanks to AcilletaM!)
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