Credit Repair Scams

Credit repair:

A reputable credit repair company will charge a fee to dispute and remove inaccurate information from your credit report. You may also dispute entries on your own. However, credit repair companies charge a fee for the service.

Some credit repair companies are scams. They engage in highly questionable or illegal tactics. Credit repair companies do not have secret weapons that are not available to the general public. What they can do, you can do. And if a credit repair company is promising a miracle, it is probably illegal. Here are credit repair tactics that are scams – and that you should avoid them if they claim they can do the following:

• Remove Accurate Information
• Remove Judgments without Court Order
• Remove Verified Accurate Inquiries
• Make your debts go away
• Provide false information to you or anyone
• Make a new Credit file
• Make False Promises