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Do these bad Credit Repair techniques work?

Sometimes, sending a lot of Credit Report dispute letters to credit bureaus works and the disputed items are actually removed from your Credit Report. However, it only works temporarily. If you actually find errors on your Credit Report, then you have nothing to worry about. However, if you are disputing your Credit Report items without real cause, you may be committing a crime. Even if the Credit Repair company is the one sending all these dispute letters, it is still your name on the dispute letters, not theirs. What does this mean? It means, you are committing crime, not them.

Why does this only work temporarily?

Since the creditors who put negative information on your Credit Report have not been paid, they will continue to put more negative information on your Credit Report.

So what do I do to repair my credit? What are good Credit Repair techniques?

You can repair your credit and repair your Credit Score the legal ways. For example, if the creditors put negative information on your Credit Report, you can talk to them and ask them to take the negative information off your Credit Report. This doesn't work every time and it depends on how convincing you are and who you talk to.

Also, you can correct items on your Credit Report that are incorrect. To improve your Credit Score and Credit Report, you can also ensure that your credit report contains items that creditors like to see when trying to approve you for loans. We also discuss various ways to repair your credit and repair your Credit Score on this website.

Which Credit Repair Service or Credit Repair company?

The term Credit Repair has been used very loosely. You may have heard of Credit Repair companies or Credit Repair Services that promise to provide you with a completely fresh credit history. These Credit Repair doctors charge hundreds of dollars. However, many of these Credit Repair companies use bad Credit Repair techniques you should watch out for.

Beware of Credit Repair Services and Credit Repair companies that use the following bad credit repair techniques...

New social security number or EIN

Your Credit Report is yours and all you can do is try to clean up some derogatories on your Credit Report. However, some credit repair companies help you get a new social security number or EIN (employer identification number), with which you can start a new credit history. This is illegal and fraudulent. Stay away from this.

Flooding credit bureaus with dispute letters

By law the credit bureaus have only 30 days to investigate your dispute of items on your Credit Report, some Credit Repair Services and credit repair companies will flood credit bureaus with correspondence, sending them so many dispute letters that they have no hope of completing their investigation in time.

Credit bureaus are then forced to remove the disputed information from your Credit Report. Although this method may work in the short run, it will hurt you and your Credit Report in the long run.