Posted on Tuesday, 28th April 2009 by CreditCardGuru
We’ve all seen those FreeCreditReport.com commercials, but are they really free? Nope. There’s strings attached. They auto-enroll you in a membership which you will be charged a monthly fee unless you cancel beforehand… and there’s nothing funny about paying for something you think is free! The Federal Trade Commission feels the same way, which is why they created their own parody of the Free Credit Report ad campaigns:
Pretty good, huh? But Who is the actor on the freecreditreport.com commercials? His name is Eric Violette - a French-Canadian actor. But did you know he is not even the one singing on the commercials? He is actually lip-syncing. His voice is dubbed over by someone else who doesn’t have an accent. So while you know what he looks like, you actually have never heard his voice before.
p.s. AnnualCreditReport.com is the only site which offers a truly free credit report (once per year).
Tags: free credit report, free credit report commercials, freecreditreport.com, ftc
Posted in General | Comments (4)
April 29th, 2009 at 9:12 am
LOL, well done FTC! The others are a scam, requiring enrollment to receive a tri bureau report. AnnualCreditReport.com is the one I use, but sometimes you have to request one of the three through snail mail. I also recommend using CreditKarma.com to track your TransUnion score monthly. It’s a good way to keep an eye on things without affecting your credit.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:48 am
the freecredit report scam needs to be shut down
May 5th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
nice!!! lol
June 7th, 2009 at 8:23 am
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