To the Grad: Words of Wisdom from Consumer Advocates Posted by money mom at 06/02/08 01:16 PM

Congrats graduates! Money mom would like to share a recent article that ran in the San Francisco Chronicle which provides some money management wisdom from consumer advocates around the country.

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Money Mom says get your free credit report Posted by money mom at 01/11/08 05:56 PM

Monday’s tip from Money Mom – get your free annual credit report online at www.annualcreditreport.com, by calling 877-322-8228, or by making a request by mail.

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Experian Steps Up Posted by Brent at 10/04/07 06:36 PM

On Thursday Oct 4th Experian became the last of the Big Three credit reporting agencies to announce, in a press release, that the company would offer the security freeze (the most effective tool in fighting new account fraud) to all consumers nationwide, DC and in the US territories. Experian’s press release stated that the company would begin the program on November 1st of 2007.

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Tell TransUnion, Experian and Equifax you deserve the best Posted by Michelle at 09/21/07 06:03 PM

This may be the perfect opportunity for consumers to make an impact and obtain more control over their credit files and identities through a low-cost, easy to use security freeze.

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Are you really getting a "Free" credit report? Posted by Michelle at 07/19/07 05:20 PM

I'm sure you have seen those "get your 'free' credit report and credit score" ads on TV and all over the net. Another Consumers Union project, Consumer WebWatch funded a study by Robert Mayer, Professor of consumer studies at the University of Utah on these various "free" credit report and credit score offers.

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