How To Obtain Free Credit Reports

Thanks to a new amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, you are entitled to obtain free credit reports every year from all three reporting companies. Equifax, TransUnion and Experian must provide a free copy to you once each year, if you request for them to do so. The Federal Trade Commission has warned the public against the numerous scams that have come about promising people the ability to obtain free credit reports. Most of them, indeed, end up being a scam and you end up giving some personal information out to others for either their own personal gain or a hidden fee or agenda. You may suddenly find that some of these sites require you to join something or purchase another product in order to obtain free credit reports.