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Sunday, July 13th, 2008

The Great Credit Nightmare

If you are going to improve your credit score, then logic has it that you must
understand what your credit score is and how it works. Without this information,
you won?t be able to very effectively improve your score because you won?t
understand how the things you do in daily life affect your score. If you don?t understand how your credit score works, you will also be at the mercy of any company that tries to tell you how you can improve your score - on their terms and at their price.

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If you have a lower credit score that you would like, odds are that the score is
caused by some small financial mistake or oversight you have made in the past. Not
every person with bad credit has a low credit score caused by something they did,
though. Sometimes, other people?s criminal activity can affect your credit score.
There are a few tips that can keep you and your credit safe form online and financial
predators.

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When the lender sees that the person applying is not you, they will deny the thieves
credit and in most cases the criminals will stop trying to access your identity. Most
alerts on your file last 90 or 180 days but you can extend this period to several years
by asking the credit agencies for an extension of the ?fraud alert? in writing.
In some states, you can even ask for a freeze to be placed on your credit score and
credit report which will prevent anyone but yourself and those creditors you already
have from accessing your file. Any lenders the thieves contact to set up a new
account will be refused access and the thieves will not be able to get any more
money in your name.

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