Comments on: OptOutPrescreen

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:00:19 +0000

I checked the Experian and Equifax sites, and neither of them mention OptOutPreScreen.com. (I couldn’t find a search feature on TrueCredit’s site, so didn’t look for it there.)

If the credit bureaus don’t mention this service on their sites, then I wouldn’t consider it official. I think it’s safer not to use it. Even if it’s basically legitimate, you don’t know how secure their site and process are.

By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:09:53 +0000

This is the real thing. These people already have the information you are sending. They need it from you to verify your identity before removing you from future credit pre-approvals. It seems fishy and it's good that anyone thinks twice before doing it. The cool thing is that it works. Within weeks your mail volume is halved. Optoutprescreen performs as advertised!

By: Scout

Scout — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:35:06 +0000

Oh, yeah, okay, no problem.

I’ll just send my full (real) name, address, date of birth, social security number and signature off to a P.O. Box in EBF Pennsylvania. I don’t see a question asking for my mother’s maiden name, though, so I’ll just volunteer the information myself. That should make things a whole lot easier.

Seriously, though: anyone who wants to steal my identity can have at it. They can take the vaguely threatening calls and negative integer credit score. Please? Hello? Dammit!