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Credit Problems? How to legally reduce or eliminate all your debts.
BEWARE: Any Credit Repair Offer is a Fraud and a Scam
BAD CREDIT? THERE IS NO QUICK FIX.
YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK YOUR WAY BACK TO A GOOD RATING.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CREDIT REPAIR. Do not pay any company to rebuild your credit rating.
There is nothing they can do to change your credit rating.
INSTANT CREDIT REPAIR FRAUD
How to Rebuild Your Credit
YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR CREDIT-WORTHINESS BY:
- Obtaining a prepaid credit card.
- Obtaining and properly using retail credit cards
- Get an RRSP loan. They are often available regardless of your credit.
- Paying your bills on time and in full. Late payments and collections can have a serious impact on your score.
- Not applying for credit frequently. Having a large number of inquiries on your credit report can worsen your score.
- Reducing your credit-card balances. Maxed out cards will affect your Credit Score negatively.
- Requesting additional credit. Not having sufficient credit can negatively impact your score. Of course if your score is too low, this will not work
- Reducing your total indebtedness
- Closing unneeded credit accounts
Why do I need to build credit?
If you need a mortgage, home loan or auto loan, you’ll need good credit.
Many landlords even require good credit to rent an apartment.
A Credit Bureau Will Not Remove
Accurate Negative Information
from your credit report before the legal time period has expired.
No one can force, coerce, con a credit bureau into removing accurate negative information
It will remain on your file for six years.
There are no "loopholes"
or laws that credit repair companies can use to get correct information off your credit report.
They do not have an insider who will fix it for you.
You are stuck with your bad credit
which in fact you created in the first place. You have to pay the piper.
BEWARE ANY CREDIT REPAIR OFFER
IS A FRAUD AND A SCAM
BAD CREDIT? THERE IS NO QUICK FIX.
YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK YOUR WAY BACK
TO A GOOD RATING.
WHERE TO GET YOUR CREDIT REPORTS
Equifax Canada Inc.
Consumer Relations Department
Box 190 Jean Talon Station
Montreal, Quebec H1S 2Z2
Tel: ( 514 ) 493-2314
1 800 465-7166
Fax: ( 514 ) 355-8502
WHERE TO GET YOUR CREDIT REPORTS
Trans Union
Consumer Relations
709 Main Street W
Suite 3201
Hamilton, On L8S 1A2
Tel: 1 800 663 9980
Fax: ( 905 ) 527-0401
Beware of Credit Repair Scams
Credit Repair offers are a fraud and a scam Do not get taken in. Rebuild your credit properly See why no one can repair your credit rating but you Beware
You are the only one who can "fix" your bad credit. There is no shortcut to erasing bad credit records.
Credit repair scams prey on the greed and ignorance of people with credit problems looking for a quick fix.
Anyone who offers to repair your bad credit rating quickly for a fee is lying to you and will take your money and do nothing.
Only You Can Fix Your Credit
Do not be a sucker. Avoid credit repair vultures. There is nothing that they can do, that you cannot do for free.
If there are errors on your credit reports, you can, with a great deal of aggravation, get them removed, You have to prove there is an error. The credit bureaus will not take your word.
If there are valid reports of bad debts, slow payments, defaults or any other credit problem on your credit report, they will remain there for up to seven years. NOTHING will remove them.
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