One of the (anonymous) jobs (unknown from craigslist) utilized a verification company called hr-interviews.com and a confirmation email was sent with a suggested link to a website, which they are partnered with, to obtain a FREE Credit Report. Following this link takes you to CreditReportAmerica.com which sounds legitimate and even has endorsements from CNN, & MSN. To enroll, after entering the usual data, it requires a credit card to bill if you decide to not to cancel within 3 days. It enrolls you in 3 different companies that you get trial membership in.:
CreditReportAmerica.com 3-Day trial to access membership area & CreditBoost Credit Optimazation. This is the only one that bills immediately ($2.95)
FraudProtectionResources.com 14-Day trial
PreventMyIDTheft.com 21-Day trial (Identity Theft Protection)
After logging into CreditReportAmerica you get access to a single web page that contains a link to a PDF document. This allows you to print ut, fill out, mail out a request to [Annual Credit Report Request Service (in Atlanta, GA)].
To stop my credit card from getting any further billing besides the initial $2.95 I had to call all 3 companies in order to stop any further billing on my account.
I think $3 to print off a form to another service and mail qualifies for a RipOff. I veified when I cancelled with CreditReportAmerica that the only purpose of thier site and service is to have access to that form. I am not sure what the CreditBoost optimaztion is about it wasn't mentioned in the Members Area.
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