This is the warning that you get at freecreditreport.com ... Note the last sentence in the paragraph ...
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
When you order your free report here, you will begin your free trial membership in Triple AdvantageSM. If you don't cancel your membership within the 7-day trial period**, you will be billed $14.95 for each month that you continue your membership.
ConsumerInfo.com, Inc. and Freecreditreport.com are not affiliated with the annual free credit report program. Under a new Federal law, you have the right to receive a free copy of your credit report once every 12 months from each of the three nationwide consumer reporting companies. To request your free annual report under that law, you must go to
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On a daily basis for my full-time job, I refer my clients to annualcreditreport.com because our Marketing Research team continually reviews sources for our clients to use and that is the only site that's absolutely free.. At the annualcreditreport site, it clearly states "Sponsored by Experian, Equifax, and Transunion."
Here is the "About Us" from the website: AnnualCreditReport.com is a centralized service for consumers to request free annual credit reports. It was created by the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies - Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
AnnualCreditReport.com provides consumers with the secure means to request and obtain a free credit report once every 12 months from each of the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies in accordance with the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act).
AnnualCreditReport.com offers consumers a fast and convenient way to request, view and print their credit reports in a secure Internet environment. We also provide options to request reports by telephone and by mail.
AnnualCreditReport.com is the only service authorized by Equifax, Experian and TransUnion for this purpose. The three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies have always encouraged consumers to regularly review their credit reports.
Please note that, as a security precaution,
* Consumers should never provide their personal information to any other company or person for requesting free annual credit reports under the FACT Act.
* AnnualCreditReport.com will not approach consumers via email, telemarketing or direct mail solicitations.
That seems extremely invasive to me, that they could know about your personal life like that.