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Current Events => Economics => Topic started by: ReardenSteel on March 10, 2009, 03:53:41 PM
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... or not. From the good people at the Federal Trade Commission. :p
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krG2d7OK8MM&feature=channel_page[/youtube]
FTC warns of misleading credit report sites (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/41025942.html)
By Ellen Gabler of the Journal Sentinel
Mar. 10, 2009 11:00 a.m.
The Federal Trade Commission is getting hip and cool.
Today the federal agency launched a series of silly videos to clear up confusion about which Web site offers truly free credit reports.
The videos feature a young man jamming on his guitar while singing with friends about checking credit reports on Annualcreditreport.com. That site is the place where, under federal law, people are allowed to receive a free copy of their credit report once each year.
The FTC’s videos are a spoof on FreeCreditReport.com, which has advertised its site for years with similar catchy videos of young men singing about their credit and repeating FreeCreditReport.com. Users of FreeCreditReport.com, however, are charged a fee if they do not cancel their membership within seven days of signing up.
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Our tax dollars hard at work!