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Dual Homed - CREDIT REPAIR FIRMS PROBEDWASHINGTON, DC (1996102) -- Firms that promise to fix bad credit and ask tobe paid up front are misleading consumers, breaking the law and pocketingmillions of dollars in the process, officials warned."Nothing but time can clean up negative but accurate information fromconsumers' credit records," said Jodie Bernstein, director of consumerprotection at the Federal Trade Commission. Ms. Bernstein announced thather agency and 10 state attorneys general have brought federal casesagainst 15 "credit repair" firms on charges of violating a provision of theFTC's new telemarketing rule.Aimed at putting credit repair firms out of business, the rule prohibitsthem from seeking payment until six months after they deliver the promisedservice. The theory is that since they can't ever deliver, the firms won'tever be able to collect any money.Credit repair scams are an old, but a growing problem, Ms. Bernstein said.An estimated 1,100 such firms operate nationwide, raking in millions ofdollars from the unsuspecting and the uninformed, she said."The fact is, credit repair firms cannot deliver on their promises toremove accurate, up-to-date information from consumers' credit records,"Ms. Bernstein said. "And if they can't deliver, they can't collect, andthat means they're out of business."But Catherine Rose didn't know the services are phony. Working two jobsafter the breakup of her 20-year marriage, medical problems and personalbankruptcy, the Charlotte, N.C., woman was intrigued by a credit repair ad."I thought, being desperate, that this was the solution and it wasn't,"said Mrs. Rose, explaining that she lost $695 believing the firm's promiseto remove the bankruptcy from her record. "All it did was put me in deeperfinancial problems," Mrs. Rose said.Federal law allows credit bureaus to report all truthful information abouta person's credit background -- even if it's negative -- for seven years.Bankruptcies stay on the record for 10 years. The FTC rule also allowsstate attorneys general to win injunctions in federal court that applynationwide, instead of just in their state."This is a highly skilled group of scam artists," said Charles Burson, theTennessee attorney general. "Once they get you on the telephone, chancesare you're going to lose some money."Ms. Bernstein also said consumers who have been victimized, or know ofsomeone who has been, should contact the National Fraud Information Centeror the FTC at 1-202-326-2222.Log on the WebSite at http://www.fraud.org, or call 1-800-876-7060.If you spot obviously illegal operations on the E-Ways, pleaseforward copies of the messages to NFIC at fraudinfo@psinet.com.+=======================================================================+|| The above message is auto-posted at regular intervals as a public |||| service by the BIZynet(tm) international business network. |||| For Information contact: Fred Coles or Chris Gunn |||| fcoles@intelnet.com cgunn@bizynet.com ||+=======================================================================+
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