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| | The FTC's website on Credit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | A credit report includes information on where you live, how you pay your bills, and whether you've been sued, arrested, or filed for bankruptcy. |
 | | Nationwide consumer reporting companies sell the information in your report to creditors, insurers, employers, and other businesses that use it to evaluate your applications for credit, insurance, employment, or renting a home. |
 | | The FTC advises consumers who order their free annual credit reports online to be sure to correctly spell annualcreditreport.com, or link to it from the FTC's website to avoid being misdirected to other websites that offer supposedly free reports,but only with the purchase of other products. |
| www.ftc.gov /bcp/conline/edcams/credit/ycr_free_reports.htm (355 words) |
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