Get your credit score for free!
You probably hear or see this type of advertisement daily, but there is almost always a catch to it. Most of the time, these “free credit score” offers involve signing you up for a monthly credit watch subscription that costs between $10 and $30 per month. If you forget to cancel after the free trial is over, you get stuck with monthly fees that far exceed the cost of buying your score one time.
Supposedly, there are a number of sources to get your free credit score without costs down the road. At one time or another, it was probably possible by having a Washington Mutual credit card, using Prosper (the person-to-person private lending website), joining Lending Club, applying for an e-Loan mortgage, or becoming active on CreditKarma.
I don’t know if any of these methods currently work, but you should check out their credit websites and poke around. You might be able to get your credit score for free!
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