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From someone who works in the online lead generation business, freecreditreport dot com, is a legitimate site but they do sign you up for their credit protection monitoring which is not cheap. I think you have 5 to 10 days to cancel before they start charging you (if you did indeed use their site). I believe a couple of months back after several complaints, they had to make it more clear what you are signing you up for when you get your "free" credit report.

Annualcreditreport.com - is in fact free with no obligations.

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Do you have any credit cards? One thing you might consider is calling up some of the companies and see if they can give you a credit line increase. This will decrease your debt to available credit ratio.

The only problem with this is that sometimes they need to pull your credit for a credit line increase. Inquiries to your credit score can negatively affect your rating as well. Sometimes they can give you a small increase without checking your credit. Just ask before they do it. If they need to pull the report, just tell them no thanks, you will call back later.

Also, if you have a card with no balance, start using it for small things. $10 - $15 dollars a month and pay it off at the end of each month. It often takes 6 months of this type of actively to improve your report.
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I am also in the process of fixing my credit, as I was an idiot years ago. I just got a new credit card from capital one with decent cash-back, I am using it for everything and paying it off every couple weeks because it has a low credit limit for the first few months.

to those with experience: how long did it take to get your score to come around? it has been about 2 years since I started being a responsible payee. I just got my free annual credit report and everything current looks great but I didn't opt to get the score (they wanted $14.99)

I am hoping to get a new (used) car after I graduate and not having to get a co-signer would be awesome
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I wasn't always in the position I am in today. In 2017 I was almost $10,000 dollars in debt, had a credit score of 400, and I was working for minimum wage as a janitor. Being in debt is like a magnet that makes you feel like you are stuck at the starting line. It’s been a long road to get to where I am now. Until i met with a hacker online who gave me a new life. I am so grateful to him, incase someone might need the service, You can reach thi s mail or tex t (COMPUTER SEX EXPERTS at SCAMMER dot COM) or (9 4 9) 6 6 6 - 6 6 6 6
Please use me as Reference
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And we'll say goodbye now. :-)
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Dammit Tom, I texted that number and got no reply. Did you feed this guy to the pissheads or something?
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Come on man ... I mean they come right out and say they are a hacker so it has to be real! I mean sure the Nigerian prince I sent the money to never replied back or the Prime Minster of Oil in Kenya that was a friend of my Uncle Gus' during the great Numbuttu uprising, I never heard of Gus but I just have one of those families, and I'm sure the Prince is just really busy running the Ministry of Oil and Fishing Permits, but THIS GUY ADMITS he's a hacker!!

Wait was it Dick Hacker?

I just dialed 666-666-666 and I'm pretty sure it was my ex-wife that answered.
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I liked Helen
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While I am not above feeding spammers to the pissheads, in this case I merely forwarded all calls to Adam's ex-wife. I would have forwarded them to mine, but there are no phones in Hell.
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